Emulate
Emulate verb - To be the same in meaning or effect.
Usage example: what they offered at the new resort didn't begin to emulate the kind of pampering we were used to getting at the resort that closed down
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Synonyms for Emulate
Rival is a synonym for emulate in conflict topic. In some cases you can use "Rival" instead a verb "Emulate", when it comes to topics like compete with, copy the actions of. popular alternative
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Emil means "to rival, to emulate, to copy".
- In the Wolverine story The Adamantium Men, Wolverine and his rival combatant (part of a twelve-man mercenary team, employed by Blackguard and made to emulate Wolverine with laser claws and nanite healing factors) are busy fighting in the streets of San Francisco.
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At her insistence, since she demanded he emulate rival host Number One, who seduces women by causing them harm.
Source: Love at First Punch
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