Copy and Sample

Copy

Copy noun - Something that is made to look exactly like something else.

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Sample and copy are semantically related. in specimen topic. In some cases you can use "Sample" instead a noun "Copy".

Nearby Words: copied, copying, copier, copyist

Sample noun - A number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole.

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Copy and sample are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Copy" instead a noun "Sample".

Nearby Words: sampling, sampler, sampled, samp

known	known copy	known sample
human	human copy	human sample
old	old copy	old sample
good	good copy	good sample
Other adjectives: physical, particular, original, fake, single, obvious, actual, entire, main, unauthorized, new, hidden, remaining, working, last, genetic, stolen.

In both versions he turns out to be cloned from Superman and Lex Luthor, who provided some of his DNA to stabilize the sample, so he's not an exact copy of anyone.

Source: Clones Are People, Too
Averted in Mega Man X with Axl; he has a copy chip that allows him to transform into any Reploid he has a genetic sample from, as long as said reploid is approximately the same size as him.

Source: Shapeshifter Baggage
According to the album's engineer, she showed up with a copy of Licensed to Ill and asked for a sample of the reversed beat.

Source: Music / Cat Power

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