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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
That Robert Zemeckis film will never be duplicated or topped, but there’s a difference between these films worth teasing out. Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026 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
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
  • In the school’s drawing program, de Kooning copied classical works, mostly from Greece.
    Hilton Als, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • When a car gets flagged, the racing team gets a note (copied to the FIA) and a short window to fix it.
    Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • This model, working with diverse talent from different fields, is replicated across all activations and campaigns.
    Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Doue’s initial double movement and left-footed dink into space are not easily replicated.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Offensively, Gavrikov more than doubled his previous career high in goals (14).
    Peter Baugh, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • In North Kivu, new cases more than doubled to 381 in the latest three-week period, from 165 in the earlier period, Yap Boum, Africa CDC's head of emergency preparedness and response, said Thursday.
    JEAN-YVES KAMALE, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 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
  • However, another email reproduced in the filing states that after about a week, Sotheby’s removed the photograph from its website at the request of the artist’s representative.
    Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • What survived was not the work that could be reproduced by a machine.
    David Woodard, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • There have also been repeated public outbursts from Diomansy Kamara, Sarr’s agent, about Palace’s handling of his client while Sarr himself removed all references to Palace on his social media platforms.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • As Novak repeated the phrase, Kirk's parents, widow and other relatives were in court.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Jurors then multiplied that number by the total number of residential and commercial subscribers.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Kalshi estimates that Spanish-language use of the app has multiplied by five since the beginning of 2026 and Spanish-speaking users now make up 12% of the platform.
    Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026

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“Duplicated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duplicated. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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