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.
  • That said, the meal itself wasn't a carbon copy of the first two.
    — Erin Bunch, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Dec. 2025
  • The world doesn’t need any dull carbon copies of what the world already is.
    — Shay Maunz, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2017
  • But don't write this reboot off as a carbon copy of the mid-aughts hit!
    — Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 6 June 2023
  • The fresh email wasn't a carbon copy of the first, sent roughly a week ago.
    — Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 2 Mar. 2025
  • This playoff series, of course, is not a carbon copy of the last.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 6 May 2024
  • The first play of the second half, too, was nearly a carbon copy of last week.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2019
  • Their second and third goals were almost carbon copies, too.
    — Carl Anka, New York Times, 20 June 2026
  • Sound like a carbon copy of last week’s Bay Area weather?
    — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The other two videos are carbon copies, except in one, the desert is a golden pink.
    — Victoria Song, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • His pattern throughout the week was a carbon copy of most other anglers in the field.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 24 Feb. 2021
  • No one can become a carbon copy of a past champion, no matter how hard many try.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 8 June 2026
  • Friday looks to be a carbon copy of Thursday with clear skies and highs in the 60s.
    — Mike Rose, cleveland, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Still, Collins promised the series isn’t a carbon copy of Star’s most famous work.
    — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 4 Oct. 2020
  • The answer is to not expect every leader to be carbon copies of each other.
    — Amy Leschke-Kahle, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The more interesting cases are not the ones where the son becomes a carbon copy.
    — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • 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
  • But the Chargers had practically a carbon copy of that drive.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 22 Oct. 2023
  • And brace yourselves for four more perfect carbon copies from the Lil’ Kim fashion vault.
    — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • 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
  • Backup Blake Corum is a carbon copy of Williams, for better or worse.
    — Derrik Klassen, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
  • That’s because the Yi Dun is more or less a carbon copy of all the other ocean ships in the Viking fleet.
    — Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2025
  • For one thing, Will Swenson, as Diamond, does not aim for a carbon copy.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Different play styles Horn and Pribula aren’t carbon copies.
    — Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • This comes with 100 sheets of graphite paper, as the black carbon copy paper is great for tracing pictures or frames.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 15 June 2021
  • 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

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