How to Use replicate in a Sentence

replicate

1 of 2 verb
  • They are working on computer-generated speech that replicates the human voice.
  • DNA replicates in the cell nucleus.
  • DNA replicates itself in the cell nucleus.
  • Use a hair crimper to replicate the look.
    Krista Carter, InStyle, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The site replicates what’s found on the app.
    PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Fans have even tried to replicate her moves.
    Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2025
  • That’s a hard thing to replicate.
    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
  • These are things agents can’t replicate.
    Nigel Melville, The Conversation, 6 May 2026
  • Want to replicate Ayana’s look back home?
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2026
  • Kind of just replicate things that might happen in a game.
    Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
  • And use a one-inch curling iron to replicate the waves.
    Audrey Noble, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Ahead, the 7 best celeb street style looks of the week—yours to replicate.
    Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Our easy-to-replicate recipe keeps things simple.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
  • There is so much about Ohtani that cannot be replicated.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
  • One of the key issues with the study was that attempts to replicate it failed.
    New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2025
  • This process will be replicated for dozens of food crops every year.
    John Leos, AZCentral.com, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The case for booking one comes down to four things a guidebook can’t replicate.
    Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 8 June 2026
  • As long as there are baitfish to replicate, the A-rig will do the trick.
    Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Make this so clear that AI can replicate my exact process.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • That expertise is not easy to replicate.
    Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
  • And that's just not something that a pitcher is going to try to replicate.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • This type of program can and should be replicated across the country.
    Tom Davidson, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2024
  • That level of control has been hard for robots to replicate.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
  • Who are these people that are allowed to just replicate our puzzles and sell them?
    Ben Rosenstock, Time, 18 May 2026
  • My team were very adamant about not replicating any of her performances.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 May 2023
  • Hotels have never been able to replicate that feeling at scale.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 27 May 2026
  • The Jaguars need both to be at their best to replicate last season’s success.
    Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Both are behaviors that come with on-screen warnings not to replicate.
    Richard Ruelas, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023
  • This is not a legacy anyone should want to replicate elsewhere.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Patience is the hardest part of this model to replicate.
    Stuart N. Brotman, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2026

replicate

2 of 2 noun
  • This is a process built on trust that no prompt replicates.
    David Deal, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026
  • But sometimes, as the genetic code from each parent divides and replicates, changes are made.
    Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Because the stem cells self-replicate, the team has a decent stockpile and can try different methods to see which works best.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN, 14 Aug. 2020
  • The bacteria self-replicate, so all that's required is a giant tank of water and cadmium to be placed in the sun.
    Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2017
  • The tot was seen wearing a black Nike dress that was bedazzled with mini rhinestones on the top, a small replicate of the same piece that Williams wore.
    Shafiq Najib, Peoplemag, 3 Sep. 2022
  • After all, her 2020 campaign was a hard-to-replicate mix of timing and execution.
    Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Jan. 2022
  • Virulent phages, like many other viruses, operate on an invade-replicate-kill program.
    Ivan Erill, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2021
  • The virus forces infected cells to produce viral microRNAs that help the virus replicate.
    Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2013
  • Also on display is Cynthia’s emerald wedding suit, which Karon had a dressmaker replicate.
    Amy Bonesteel, ajc, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The state attorneys general allege that some of the replicate snacks containing cannabis exceed even the maximum legal adult serving.
    Tori B. Powell, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Though difficult and a few years away, Aganovic believes that harnessing a microbe's ability to adapt, self-replicate, and repair could make all of this and more possible.
    Jessica Chia, Allure, 10 Feb. 2022
  • By identifying the structures to which antibodies bind, scientists can then synthesize a replicate of the antigen structure.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 3 May 2022
  • La Marcha Express is a takeout-only replicate of the Berkeley original, while the latter two are new fusion concepts.
    Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 July 2021
  • Clinicians will remain essential for complex judgment, moral reasoning, and the human elements of care that no language model replicates.
    Alon Bergman, STAT, 11 May 2026
  • How does power replicate itself, and how do the already powerful hoard it and pass it on to those who, by virtue of gender and race and social position, remind these powerful men of younger versions of themselves?
    Jill Filipovic, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Fentanyl’s inexpensive, easy-to-replicate formula has boosted its appeal to criminal networks.
    Jon Kamp, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022
  • There is a particular cognitive advantage that no career coach teaches and no MBA program replicates.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 July 2026
  • The theory goes that the original proto-life was made of individual RNA strands that held genetic information and could self-replicate.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2017
  • The show will be staged inside a house that’s meant to replicates an old village house, one not so dissimilar to Marie Antoinette’s countryside retreat, Hameau de la Reine, on the grounds of Versailles.
    Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The Jevons Paradox will allow humans to move away from robotic tasks and toward work requiring empathy, ethical judgment and complex social intuition—capabilities no model reliably replicates.
    Vaibhav Dani, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • While investigating how influenza replicates, researchers discovered that different flu strains use completely different strategies to infiltrate human cells, SWNS reported.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026

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