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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
The two studio lots also boast dozens of soundstages; century-old fortresses that would not be easily duplicated. Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026 Likewise, securing and even identifying rights continues to be a problem, which can even extend to subtitles, which might be copyrighted and need to be duplicated, causing unnecessary expenses. John Bleasdale, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026 Across federal, state, and local government, agencies have historically solved similar technology problems independently through separate procurement cycles, isolated vendor contracts, and duplicated development spending. William Jones, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026 If that can be duplicated, replicated, and even improved upon, all the better, and all the more worth celebrating and examining. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Aug. 2026 Mavromihalis said the home belongs in a category where location and water access can’t be duplicated. David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026 China also retrieved the first-ever soil samples from the far side of the moon, a feat no other nation has duplicated. Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026 Unfortunately, this information is frequently disconnected, duplicated or difficult to access. Monica Hovsepian, Forbes.com, 23 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
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
  • Most scholars assume that the Iliad and the Odyssey were composed sometime between the eighth century and the mid-seventh century BCE, and finally copied down by the mid-sixth century BCE.
    Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
  • These are traditional storage methods that require data to be moved or copied before work can begin.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Having already come through in the seventh to tie the game on an RBI single, Bregman replicated the moment.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Call for voluntary self-disclosure Federal agencies have created a voluntary self-disclosure pathway for North Texas ISDs, a model Raybould hopes is replicated by schools throughout the state.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Applicants per open role has doubled since 2022, and recruiters are now sorting through hundreds of applications for a single hire.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Market reports suggested that drop corresponded with a 3 percent increase of rental prices in June, which was quickly doubled to a 6 percent increase in July, as available units continued to decrease through August.
    Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 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
  • What survived was not the work that could be reproduced by a machine.
    David Woodard, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The committee reproduced the same delays and concentration of authority under the language of collaboration.
    ByLeonie H. Mattison, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In response to the episode, on August 18, Reuters reported that OpenAI had since slowed down the development of some of its AI models and took steps to strengthen safeguards so the attack would not be repeated.
    Edward Segal, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The gun was stolen, according to county court records, though that detail is not repeated in his federal charging documents.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Unfortunately, since the trial began, the misinformation has only multiplied.
    Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026
  • As digital channels multiplied, organizations needed people with deep expertise to manage them.
    Sergio Alvarez, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

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