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The phrase "a copy of itself" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where something replicates or reproduces its own form or content.
Example: "The software is designed to create a copy of itself for backup purposes."
Alternatives: "a duplicate of itself" or "a replica of itself".
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Creates a copy of itself.
Meanwhile, it rummages though the victim's Microsoft Outlook address book and sends a copy of itself to everyone listed there.
Or as he puts it: a meme is "the state of a node in a neuronal network capable of generating a copy of itself".
It splices a copy of itself right into the genes of certain white blood cells, adding permanent new rungs to each cell's DNA ladder.
But if an assembler is to manufacture a copy of itself in about a day, and if this takes a few hundred million operations, then each operation must take place in a fraction of a millisecond.
But to build a copy of itself, a robot would have to forage for raw materials, shape them into motors, sensors, computer chips and other parts and then put the pieces together.
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Schopenhauer discerns in the structure of music, a series of analogies to the structure of the physical world that allow him to claim that music is a copy of Will itself.
Practical applications have included a vacation request form, which is a form that automatically keeps an updated copy of itself in a public folder, and a post form to collect data and send it as a structured HTML or plain text message.
Make sure to bring a copy of the map itself.
Also, please attach a copy of the paper itself to the email.
Or better yet, order a copy of the book itself here.
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