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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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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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as in doubled
to make twice as great or as many
the recipe can be easily duplicated in order to feed a large family
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Recent Examples of duplicated
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
R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
Because the release includes a huge archive of Epstein’s emails, many pages are not informative and several are duplicated.
—Elliott Ramos, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
There are some costs that will be duplicated … but that money will be used to invest.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 3 Mar. 2026
Volunteers in more than 30 other Canadian communities have since duplicated his website in an effort to attract their own American nurses and doctors.
—Brett Kelman, NPR, 25 Feb. 2026
The result is a scientific literature full of isolated findings that are sometimes duplicated and difficult to generalize.
—Marc Zimmer, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2026
Many documents are duplicated for no apparent reason.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2026
Often imitated, never duplicated.
—Sean Gentille, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Microsoft took months to fix Remote Desktop disconnection issues, then shipped a Windows Update that wiped out Copilot, and released updates that duplicated the Task Manager and created a nasty system recovery bug.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 29 Jan. 2026
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
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Meanwhile, artificial intelligence companies are threatening to take their most advanced data centers elsewhere if the state doesn’t weaken certain privacy laws that Aurora has now duplicated through its new regulations.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
Because the release includes a huge archive of Epstein’s emails, many pages are not informative and several are duplicated.
—Elliott Ramos, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
There are some costs that will be duplicated … but that money will be used to invest.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 3 Mar. 2026
Volunteers in more than 30 other Canadian communities have since duplicated his website in an effort to attract their own American nurses and doctors.
—Brett Kelman, NPR, 25 Feb. 2026
The result is a scientific literature full of isolated findings that are sometimes duplicated and difficult to generalize.
—Marc Zimmer, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2026
Many documents are duplicated for no apparent reason.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2026
Often imitated, never duplicated.
—Sean Gentille, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Microsoft took months to fix Remote Desktop disconnection issues, then shipped a Windows Update that wiped out Copilot, and released updates that duplicated the Task Manager and created a nasty system recovery bug.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duplicated
Verb
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In an mRNA vaccine, the vaccine gives the body a section of mRNA, genetic material copied from DNA that encodes one of the pathogen’s proteins.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
27 Mar. 2026
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During that visit, Pretel brought documents that were copied.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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This process will be replicated for dozens of food crops every year.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
29 Mar. 2026
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LeBron to Bronny for the record Anything that LeBron and Bronny James do on the court together will be distinctly their own, unlikely to be replicated in the annals of NBA history.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
28 Mar. 2026
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Acme dealt with this by displaying alternate forecast lines for both rain and snow, coded in different colors—a visualization that doubled as an admission that the forecast that day was a bit of a mess.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2026
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Thomas Roche, a server and bartender of 15 years, said business has at least doubled since the closure announcement.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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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
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No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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They were modified, reproduced, and outfitted in showy décor, becoming a key way of getting around for working-class Filipinos.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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This pattern repeated itself a few more times.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
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Because the therapy does not rely on medication, sessions can be repeated as needed without concerns about drug interactions or dosage limits.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The report also noted that in the Artibonite, where Gran Grif is entrenched in the lower parts of the rice-growing region, gang attacks have multiplied.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 2026
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Other mutations, random genetic changes that humans noticed and kept for planting the next year, helped along the way, notably those that multiplied the number of fruits on the stalk and fattened each seed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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Tova Noel, a former guard in the Special Housing Unit (SHU) of the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York—and most likely the last person to see Jeffrey Epstein alive—has been called to sit for a transcribed interview with the House Oversight Committee on Thursday.—
Clara Molot,
Vanity Fair,
25 Mar. 2026
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Until this year, a box of Festinger’s documents—communications with colleagues, research notes, transcribed telephone conversations—in his archives at the Bentley Historical Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan, remained sealed at the request of his widow, Trudy.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
17 Dec. 2025
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“Duplicated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duplicated. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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