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"copy" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often imitation (9 letters).
Definitions
A duplicate, replica, or act of reproducing something.
Word origin
From Middle English copy, copie, from Old French copie (“abundance, plenty; transcript, copy”), from Medieval Latin copia (“reproduction, transcript”), from Latin cōpia (“plenty, abundance”), from *coopia, from co- (“together”) + ops (“wealth, riches”). More at opulent.
Used in a sentence
“Please bring me at least 200 copies of this report. The photocopier is down the hall on the right.”
“I already saw their draft. She emailed me a copy yesterday. I can forward it to you so that you have your own copy.”
“I have not the vanity to think my copy equal to the original.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer8 curated clues
01“Duplicate of a document”4 letters
02“Extra version”4 letters
03“Make a duplicate”4 letters
04“Make another version”4 letters
05“Printer output”4 letters
06“Replica”4 letters
07“Reproduce”4 letters
08“Duplicate”4 letters
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