as in identical
resembling another in every respect
duplicate copies of the portrait that were painted by the artist himself
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as in image
something or someone that strongly resembles another
doll carriages that are duplicates of baby carriages
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as in copy
something that is made to look exactly like something else
a duplicate of a house key
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as in to copy
to make an exact likeness of
art students trying to duplicate paintings in the museum's collection as part of their training
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Recent Examples of duplicate
Gary Singer,
Sun Sentinel,
28 May 2026
The first is waste—duplicate data entry, manual routing, status-chasing, disconnected systems.
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Jeromee Johnson,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
9 June 2026
The idea is to take the photo to a 3-D printer that can make a duplicate.
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Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
18 May 2026
Kansas City Star,
11 June 2026
This year, staff extracted ballots by hand, reducing the number that needed to be duplicated.
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Sacbee.com,
11 June 2026
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Adjective
Sometimes, associations make accounting errors or record duplicate charges in the ledger.
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Gary Singer,
Sun Sentinel,
28 May 2026
The first is waste—duplicate data entry, manual routing, status-chasing, disconnected systems.
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Jeromee Johnson,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Noun
Misplacing everyday items or buying duplicates signals a need to declutter and organize.
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Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
9 June 2026
The idea is to take the photo to a 3-D printer that can make a duplicate.
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Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
18 May 2026
Verb
Because that kind of exposure, Wann said, creates a deeper allegiance that might be duplicated with the World Cup legacy here.
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Kansas City Star,
11 June 2026
This year, staff extracted ballots by hand, reducing the number that needed to be duplicated.
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Sacbee.com,
11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for duplicate
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The lineup is essentially identical to that of the nation's game against Croatia on Tuesday.
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An employee running fifty unchecked queries looks identical, on a dashboard, to one running five after working the problem first.
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Cops released an image of him aboard the bus wearing a white hoodie and are asking the public’s help tracking him down.
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Some satellite images even show evidence of fire damage, consistent with reports of firefighters supporting the emergency response.
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Pekec declined to say who filed the permit and did not provide NBC News with a copy.
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Created in 2003 by Kirkman and Cory Walker, and joined later by contributing creator Ryan Ottley, the award-winning Invincible comic series ran for 15 years in collaboration with Image Comics, spanning 146 issues and selling more than 6 million copies.
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In organisms that reproduce via the union of types—this group also includes yeasts and slime molds—partners are functionally equivalent and the exchange of genetic material is symmetrical, an arrangement called isogamy.
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Under what’s called the sterile insect technique, the government breeds male screwworm flies that can’t reproduce, then releases them into the wild.
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Thermal chambers replicate the effects of heat and humidity on apparel donned by people or robot mannequins.
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That number traces back to a 2002 PET study with eight participants,4 and it has not been widely replicated, Alcaide noted.
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Among the 10 biggest AI supply chain companies by market cap, the report found that other than battery giant CATL , the nine other names had all at least doubled in the 12 months as of May.
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Jakob Marsee doubled to begin the inning, advanced to third on Griffin Conine’s groundout and scored on Sanoja’s single.
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In March, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors adopted a similar ordinance, charging violators per firework instead of per incident.
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The high court issued similar rulings last year that allowed the administration to revoke the legal protection for Venezuelans.
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And Jackson Park still has a statue that's a replica of one of the largest on display at the fair.
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The Swiss watchmaker, the owner of Omega, Breguet, and more, alleged that the South Korean tech company allowed its smartwatches to showcase digital replicas of dials from its various brands, Reuters reported.
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“Duplicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duplicate. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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