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noun

facsimile

CEFR C2

an exact copy or reproduction

In a sentence

Six example sentences with facsimile, each labelled with its topic.

  • The library displays a facsimile of the charter, keeping the original in a vault three floors underground.

    History

  • Each facsimile of the sketchbook carries every fold and coffee stain, down to the torn corner of page nine.

    Art

  • The rebuilt hall is a facsimile of the one that burned, right down to the numbering on its roof beams.

    Architecture

  • The publisher issued a facsimile of the poet's notebook, so readers could see every crossed out line themselves.

    Literature

  • Scholars study a facsimile of the handwritten score, since the original never leaves the vault in Vienna.

    Music

  • The court accepted a certified facsimile of the contract after the signed original was lost in a flood.

    Law

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