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as in to repeat
to make or do again I can't replicate your results when I do the experiment myself

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Recent Examples of replicate The shows that do stick can then be replicated and scaled. Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025 Phison also replicated the PCDIY! PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025 Thoughtful transitions ensure that infrastructure supports collaboration and innovation rather than replicating old systems. Benjamin Niaulin, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 The legal strategy used in Arizona could be replicated in other states with similar constitutional free speech clauses. Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for replicate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for replicate
Verb
  • This is the company’s guiding philosophy and aims to reproduce audio just as the artist intended with lifelike realism, emotional depth and spatial precision.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This Imperial Beach restaurant plans to reproduce its business at Terminal 1.
    Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Los Angeles Rams are repeating a costly issue that occurred at the start of the 2024 season.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Weaving is done on a loom, and patterns like twill or houndstooth are made by weaving weft (horizontal) yarns over and under warp (vertical) yarns into specific repeating patterns.
    Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Then copy and paste the selection into a text file, note or email.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But Sally remembers her uncanny skill at copying other artists’ work, down to the finest details.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Walton Family Foundation renewed and expanded its support for the Northwest Arkansas Kiva Hub with a three-year commitment and $1 million contribution to the loan match fund on Wednesday.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The pair renewed their tensions at a candidate forum this year.
    Mary Ramsey Updated September 9, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This deepening also has an index in the formal features of his poetry—the ambiguity of his pronouns, the firm particularity of his register of images—which teeters between the mundane and the epiphanic, and renders this imbalance itself into view.
    Elaine L. Wang September 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • When workers are used as invisible inputs in opaque AI systems that determine hiring, promotions and surveillance protocols, their autonomy can be eroded—and traditional labor rights rendered toothless.
    James Felton Keith, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Chérizier, 48, who’s been actively meeting with former rivals, may be trying to duplicate the conditions in Carrefour, a sprawling suburb south of the capital where gangs now settle disputes, enact rules and profit from residents’ commercial activities.
    Johnny Fils-Aimé, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
  • And the core act of reporting — gathering information that isn’t yet available in digital form — is relatively impossible to duplicate with AI, for now.
    Gina Chua, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Advanced adversaries are now using generative AI to construct deepfake biometrics, complete PII profiles with believable digital histories and even replicate consistent interaction patterns that imitate human behavior.
    Rohan Pinto, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In the image, the president is also backdropped by a city beach covered with fire and smoke, seemingly imitating an active war zone.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Replicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/replicate. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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