How to Use simulate in a Sentence

simulate

verb
Definition of simulatenext
Synonyms for simulatenext
  • The model will be used to simulate the effects of an earthquake.
  • The pen with the multitude of voles simulates a boom year.
    — Bathsheba Demuth, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Its yuzu glaze and honey simulate 24K gold flakes, the menu reads.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Overhead truss lighting fills the hangar with hues of red, green and blue, and lighting from above simulates snowflakes.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Forecast models are simulating a very warm and quite wet first half of the month.
    — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Bruce was the name given to the three mechanical predators built to simulate the great white shark at the heart of the story.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2023
  • That doesn’t mean the coaching staff wasn’t working to simulate game action.
    — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The board is designed for beginners, and the company says kids as young as 3 can use it to simulate spins, twists, and slides.
    — Maya Polton, Parents, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Trouble was, the look Yamazaki craved was too big to simulate in CG.
    — Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Overhead truss lighting will fill the hangar with red, green and blue colors, and lighting from above will simulate snowflakes.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023
  • To learn how to best do this, scientists on Earth must simulate the unique conditions on the Red Planet here.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 1 May 2024
  • In fact, The Scalp Shop uses a cream to simulate the process’ coverage to show clients how their final results will look.
    — Desiree Browne, ELLE, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Make sure your heels are seated deep in the heel pocket and flex forward at the knees and ankles to simulate the feel during skiing.
    — Douglas Schnitzspahn, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Google also showcased changing the lighting of the scene to golden hour, to simulate warm sunset tones.
    — WIRED, 4 Oct. 2023
  • His staff pumps in large amounts of seawater, adjusts the lights in the room to account for day and night, and tries to make the cephalopods’ tanks simulate their natural habitats.
    — David Abel, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Maybe a quantum chemist could simulate this and make a prediction.
    — Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2024
  • Players hit in groups against a pitching machine set close enough to home plate to simulate 90-plus miles per hour fastballs.
    — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The device also breathes via a trailing tank, simulating how the exchange of hot air and moisture affects the body.
    — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 3 June 2023
  • In the past, one of the things the Patriots have done in practice to simulate the work of a speedster is to give scout-team receivers a head start of 5 to 10 yards and have the defensive backs play catchup.
    — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The celebrity contestants are sent to the Australian outback, which has been designed to simulate Mars.
    — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023
  • He is fired and breaks up the scene’s shooting, and while leaving the set, he’s injured in a pyrotechnic blast meant to simulate an airstrike against the Vietnamese hamlet.
    — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 6 May 2024
  • The University of Colorado brings students to the desert to simulate a lunar base.
    — Arian Anderson, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2024
  • Would-be attackers fire blank rounds from the cover of buildings on both sides of the street to simulate a real assault on a protectee.
    — Quinn Owen, ABC News, 7 July 2024
  • The container held up to impacts used to simulate hungry dogs knocking it over.
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The point of the damp thermometer is to simulate how well sweat can evaporate under the present conditions.
    — Umair Irfan, Vox, 17 June 2024
  • Virginia Tech can’t simulate every type of crash, impact speed or head shape.
    — Seb Stott, Outside Online, 6 Aug. 2024
  • At the lab’s direction, Betancourt stored the camera and film in his kitchen freezer, simulating how it had been entombed in the glacier for decades.
    — John Branch, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Their stunts range from falling down the stairs to simulating car crashes—and sometimes involve fire.
    — Forough Alaei, TIME, 13 July 2024
  • The World Bank report simulates three scenarios for the global oil supply in the event of a small, medium or large disruption.
    — Fatima Hussein, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2023
  • But what has caught many people off-guard initially is how the voices simulate taking a breath while speaking.
    — Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 31 July 2024

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