Examples of likeness in a Sentence
a stamp bearing the likeness of a president
There's some likeness between them.
There's an uncanny likeness between them.
Recent Examples on the Web
The world-famous rock band has sold its music catalog, name, image, and likeness to Swedish entertainment and music investment firm Pophouse.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2024
The other is the cash available to keep current players and attract new ones through the Cougars’ name, image and likeness (NIL) efforts.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
The estate sued, alleging that the special violated the estate’s copyrights and its publicity right to Carlin’s name, image and likeness.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
In the absence of federal laws covering the use of AI to mimic a person’s likeness or voice, a patchwork of state laws have filled the void.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Apr. 2024
Created as a joke by software engineers Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer in 2013, Dogecoin features the likeness of the Shiba Inu dog popularized in the Doge meme.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
The law also makes a person liable for civil action if an audio recording or a reproduction of a person’s likeness was knowingly published without authorization.
—Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
As the walls began to close in on college sports, the NCAA resorted to a policy permitting students to be compensated based on their name, image, and likeness —NIL— a regime that is meant to provide some kind of compensation and equity within the existing system.
—Guy Lawson, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2024
Share your thoughts | More about Emily Cochrane Tennessee first intervened to protect an artist’s name, image and likeness with a 1984 law, which came as the Presley estate was battling in court to control how the musical legend’s name and likeness could be used commercially after his death.
—Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2024
The other is the cash available to keep current players and attract new ones through the Cougars’ name, image and likeness (NIL) efforts.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
The estate sued, alleging that the special violated the estate’s copyrights and its publicity right to Carlin’s name, image and likeness.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
In the absence of federal laws covering the use of AI to mimic a person’s likeness or voice, a patchwork of state laws have filled the void.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Apr. 2024
Created as a joke by software engineers Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer in 2013, Dogecoin features the likeness of the Shiba Inu dog popularized in the Doge meme.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
The law also makes a person liable for civil action if an audio recording or a reproduction of a person’s likeness was knowingly published without authorization.
—Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
As the walls began to close in on college sports, the NCAA resorted to a policy permitting students to be compensated based on their name, image, and likeness —NIL— a regime that is meant to provide some kind of compensation and equity within the existing system.
—Guy Lawson, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2024
Share your thoughts | More about Emily Cochrane Tennessee first intervened to protect an artist’s name, image and likeness with a 1984 law, which came as the Presley estate was battling in court to control how the musical legend’s name and likeness could be used commercially after his death.
—Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
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“Likeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/likeness. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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likeness
noun
like·ness
ˈlīk-nəs 
1
: a picture especially of a person : portrait
2
: the quality or state of being like : resemblance
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