How to Use carbon copy in a Sentence

carbon copy

noun
  • I'll need a carbon copy of that receipt.
  • She's a carbon copy of her mother.
  • Which to carbon copy and which to take with a pinch of salt?
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The world doesn’t need any dull carbon copies of what the world already is.
    — Shay Maunz, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2017
  • The first play of the second half, too, was nearly a carbon copy of last week.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2019
  • But don't write this reboot off as a carbon copy of the mid-aughts hit!
    — Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 6 June 2023
  • Friday looks to be a carbon copy of Thursday with clear skies and highs in the 60s.
    — Mike Rose, cleveland, 28 Sep. 2021
  • This playoff series, of course, is not a carbon copy of the last.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 6 May 2024
  • Dietrich, 31, is a carbon copy of Odor in a lot of ways.
    — Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2020
  • At this point, this was beginning to feel like a carbon copy of the last two weeks of Raw.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 25 May 2021
  • The running game gets back on track as this game becomes a carbon copy of Week 2.
    — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 25 Oct. 2020
  • Still, Collins promised the series isn’t a carbon copy of Star’s most famous work.
    — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 4 Oct. 2020
  • The other two videos are carbon copies, except in one, the desert is a golden pink.
    — Victoria Song, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The 25-point partisan gap in this data is a near carbon copy of the 24-point gap in the Ipsos poll.
    — Harry Enten, CNN, 14 Nov. 2021
  • What works in active The rise of active ETFs is not a carbon copy of old-school stock picking.
    — Jesse Pound, CNBC, 28 Dec. 2024
  • The new High Street will not be a carbon copy of the old, but the old restaurant will be mined for inspiration.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 22 Sep. 2023
  • That doesn’t mean Steichen will be a carbon copy of Reich.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 12 Feb. 2023
  • His pattern throughout the week was a carbon copy of most other anglers in the field.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 24 Feb. 2021
  • The goal was a near carbon copy of his famous game-winner against Real Madrid in 2017.
    — Peter Rauterkus, Dallas News, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The second set was a carbon copy as Cabrini raced to an 8-2 lead behind the heavy hitting of Jells.
    — Joseph Halm, NOLA.com, 11 Sep. 2017
  • Pace's Brother Day—the 18th in the cycle—is most definitely not a mere carbon copy of Cleon the First.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 July 2023
  • In fact, the goal is nearly a carbon copy of the against-the-grain spoiler that Garland once scored in the first-ever Kraken home game.
    — Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
  • And brace yourselves for four more perfect carbon copies from the Lil’ Kim fashion vault.
    — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • And this season has been a carbon copy of last year, when the issue was supposed to be Stevens failing to reach the players.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Dec. 2021
  • The pups were carbon copies of their parents, although most people in the comment section thought the husky genes took over.
    — Liz O'Connell, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The pups were carbon copies of their parents, although most people in the comment section thought the husky genes took over.
    — Liz O'Connell, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • On a windy day last week, Dudley Haynie, 86, ducked into the clear stall to hug a carbon copy of himself, his 56-year-old son, Mark Haynie.
    — Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2020
  • Backup Blake Corum is a carbon copy of Williams, for better or worse.
    — Derrik Klassen, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Stam's also quick to point out he's never tried to be a carbon copy of Ferguson.
    — Pat Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 2 June 2020
  • For one thing, Will Swenson, as Diamond, does not aim for a carbon copy.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2023

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