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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 Powered by TalkShopLive’s interactive platform, the event merged insightful, behind-the-scenes celebrity storytelling with step-by-step tutorials that could be replicated in an instant — simply by adding to cart the products mentioned by Nandy, with relevant anecdotes doled out by Berkley. Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025 One prime example of this is a system that replicates focus groups. Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2025 The debate over digital likeness and AI protections was a flashpoint in last year’s dual WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, with actors calling for safeguards against their voices and images being replicated without consent. Clayton Davis, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025 The Bird’s Nest has also become a model — one that people across the country are now looking to replicate. Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for replicate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for replicate
Verb
  • These filaments have long been observed in real clusters like Perseus but never before reproduced in a simulation.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
  • No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
    Irene Yoo September 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Whether Thompson can repeat last year’s excellence remains to be seen, and for now, the model is cautious, rating him as the league’s 15th-best goalie.
    The Athletic NHL, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • His message to Dodger teammates was utilize every opportunity, like the chance to repeat as World Series winners for the first time since the Yanks won three in a row from 1998-2000.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This team doesn’t need to copy last year’s.
    Pete Sampson, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • At one point the kid started copying him and was yelling the same things and the family was laughing.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In March 2023, Ottawa renewed the mandate, extending the mission through April 2026.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • More than 90% of fans renewed, and the team established a season ticket waiting list.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As Riofrancos notes, approximately 69 percent of transition minerals—and a whopping 85 percent of lithium reserves—are in or near Indigenous or poor communities across the globe, rendering these groups disproportionately vulnerable to water contamination, displacement, and economic insecurity.
    Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Their skin is separated from the meat so the fat can render beneath it, crisping the surface while basting the flesh from within.
    Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Bidirectional edges connected the robots to each other, because each robot had to know what other robots were doing at each time step to avoid collisions or duplicating tasks.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
  • State officials said the delay resulted in having to duplicate some spending, including IT system changes, staff training and other implementation costs, the report said.
    Margaret Coker, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The fact that these programs are becoming adept at imitating consciousness, however, may be all that matters for now.
    Webb Wright, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Multiple images of Trump then pop up behind the New York lawmaker seemingly to imitate a mariachi band.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025

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