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duplicated

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verb

past tense of duplicate
1
as in copied
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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2
as in replicated
to make or do again we were unable to duplicate the experiment in our own lab, so we're suspicious

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Recent Examples of duplicated
Adjective
This creates duplicated infrastructure, inconsistent models, and operational complexity. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026 The duplicated sets and near-complete location builds enable the filmmakers to make the most of Carol’s house as a setting. Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
Verb
Security camera footage showed Hill and the three others presenting merchandise not purchased at TJX stores to return with altered or duplicated receipts, according to court documents. Greta Cross, USA Today, 10 July 2026 Angela George The recount board is sticking around after business hours for now to tabulate ballots that needed to be duplicated after the voting machine could not read or decipher the ballot. Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 8 July 2026 If Europe's own money is written to exclude non-European firms, and Turkey is building around the alliance rather than within it, the result is duplicated capability and protected supply lines. Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 Those figures likely included people who have been incommunicado due to the lack of cellphone signals, and some reports may be duplicated. Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026 Those figures likely included people who have been incommunicado due to the lack of cellphone signals, and some reports may be duplicated. Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 27 June 2026 And none of those players ever really duplicated their numbers once leaving Tampa Bay. John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2026 But nobody has duplicated his monetary success—or built two separate businesses that are so wildly profitable. Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026 This year, staff extracted ballots by hand, reducing the number that needed to be duplicated. Sacbee.com, 11 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duplicated
Adjective
  • Alves described how black-and-white prints with a photocopied feel, Japanese and Chinese-inspired graphics and animal prints transform basic jeans into pieces worthy of going viral online.
    Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Apatow had with him a chaotic pile of notes—scrawled by hand, photocopied, clearly out of order, some upside down.
    Adrienne LaFrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • AssuranceAmerica determined that an unauthorized third party had gained access to a portion of its IT systems and copied some important files.
    Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 10 July 2026
  • However, technology can be purchased, models can be replicated and AI tools can be copied.
    Babajide Ojuola, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • Gallup’s research, consistently replicated across more than a decade of data, shows that managers account for at least 70% of the variance in team engagement.
    Dr. Samantha Madhosingh, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • After conducting a 30-minute test drive in the outskirts of the capital last year, Turing has replicated the experiment in multiple, more congested areas across the country.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • Luis Arraez doubled to drive in Drew Cavanaugh, then Rafael Devers added on with an RBI single to right-center, scoring Heliot Ramos.
    Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 10 July 2026
  • Average premiums have doubled since 2020, and insurers that aren't raising rates are leaving the state.
    Scott Cohn, CNBC, 10 July 2026
Adjective
  • The transcribed interview is a test of how much scrutiny lawmakers will apply to powerful men who kept company with Epstein even after his conviction.
    Stephen Groves, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
  • The Microsoft co‑founder is scheduled to sit for a transcribed interview with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on June 10, a source familiar with the proceedings confirmed to USA TODAY.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Nus Exotiques #10 (2025), a painting by Thomas that is reproduced in Karant’s lawsuit, visibly features a window from one of Karant’s photographs that Thomas turned on its side.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2026
  • This article originally appeared in Spektrum der Wissenschaft and was reproduced with permission.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • The president also repeated threats to target civilian infrastructure and Kharg Island, a heavily fortified part of Iran that accounts for 90% of the country’s oil exports.
    Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • The scammers repeated the same story with another fake credit, this time for $100,000.
    Ari Maas, New York Daily News, 11 July 2026
Verb
  • Because total spend is price multiplied by volume, and only the price was falling.
    Emily Lewis-Pinnell, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • When multiplied by four in its standard configuration, the platform delivers a 588 pound-feet of pure pulling power.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026

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