The phrase "a close copy" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that closely resembles or replicates another item, often in terms of appearance or content.
Example: "The artist created a close copy of the original painting, capturing all the intricate details."
Alternatives: "a near replica" or "a faithful reproduction".
Not that there's anything wrong with being a close copy of NBC's successful singing show, "The Voice".
Google has launched a close copy of Facebook's Like button that will crowdsource people's opinions to help the search engine know what's valuable online.
Although they took it down to the frame and foundation, they are in the process of building a close copy with significant eco-conscious improvements.
The statuette proper, academy executive administrator Ric Robertson said, was a close copy of an Oscar but weighed a full pound more than an authentic one and differed from a genuine Oscar in three other key respects.
The examples that defendants use to support their defense can at most be considered derivative of Steinberg's idea; none is a close copy of the poster itself, as defendants' is.
In early September, the vacant space at 7 East 59th Street is to have a Bar Quadronno in front, a close copy of the timeworn Bottega del Vino in back and a wine cellar downstairs.
The second silk protein was needed for strength, Dr. Knight said, and a closer copy of the spider's spinning apparatus would produce better results.
These wheat nsLTPs correspond either to groups in which a closer copy existed in rice and was subsequently deleted, or to wheat copies that are undergoing an evolution process specific to wheat.
QnA is a question and answer service that looks like it will be a very close copy of Yahoo Answers.
The Eton fives court is a remarkably close copy of the court used by generations of Eton College boys on the steps of the school chapel.
His "Shades" was a fairly close copy of the Kirov version, but in many of his other productions of the classics he "modernized" the story by adding a lot of claptrap about sex and violence which was out of date even in the sixties.
