shaped after vs shaped in

Both "shaped after" and "shaped in" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "Shaped after" is used to indicate that something was modeled or designed based on something else, while "shaped in" is used to describe the physical form or appearance of something.

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shaped after

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that something was modeled or designed based on something else. It implies a resemblance or influence from the original source.

Examples:

The new building was shaped after the ancient Roman architecture.
Her fashion style is shaped after her favorite celebrity.
The policy was shaped after careful consideration of public opinion.

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The discussion about how the European policy of economic and social cohesion should be shaped after 2006 is far from being completed.
This project has been carefully shaped after a close review of the situation on the ground by professional experts from Member States with the objective of triggering a modernisation and 'professionalisation' of an independent justice system.
It seems like everything went pear-shaped shortly after Henry processed the new intake.
After all, these events shaped the twentieth century as we know it.
After an hour... antler shaped tumours sprang from their foreheads.
But after you met Maggie, she was the one who shaped your basic operating system.
Right after he gets sick, there's a good chance he'll get hit in the head with a cane-shaped object.
After the rennet has been added and milk curdled, the resulting grains of cheese are put into wheel-shaped forms.
Its rough texture, high seasoning and distinctively shaped coiled quality is valued and sought after by renowned chefs and food writers across the country.
[Sighs] After we called it quits, things got all weird and pear-shaped.
After all, it was the culture of our continent, that was centuries in the making, which shaped European identity, and continues to do so today.
A land area composed of earthy fill material that has been placed and shaped to approximate natural contours, commonly part of land-reclamation efforts after mining operations.
Member States shall ensure that laceration after stunning of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity is not effected within their territory with regard to bovine, ovine or caprine animals whose meat is intended for human or animal consumption.
After it is mixed with boiling water, the curds are mixed, cut and/or shaped into individual pieces of the appropriate shape and size and then placed in drinkable water for varying lengths of time depending on size until they harden.
After filling, the sausages are shaped by hand by twisting the gut and firming up the filling by tightening the string.
The pieces of dough left over may be gathered together and kneaded at most twice, without handling them too much, and after being left to rest they may be shaped again.
by several persons or undertakings, where the material is to return to the original person or undertaking after being processed, converted or shaped; or
Two kilometers after the bridge... you'll find a bo tree. Bo tree is the tree with a big trunk... with leaves shaped like a heart.
have been slaughtered after stunning by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity or killed by the same method or slaughtered by laceration after stunning of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity;]]

Alternatives:

modeled after
designed after
inspired by

shaped in

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to describe the physical form or appearance of something. It indicates the way something is physically structured or formed.