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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
Unfortunately, this information is frequently disconnected, duplicated or difficult to access. Monica Hovsepian, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 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 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 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 Because that kind of exposure, Wann said, creates a deeper allegiance that might be duplicated with the World Cup legacy here. Kansas City Star, 11 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
  • On April 22, investigators determined that the attacker had copied personal information.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Where products can be copied and technologies commoditized, sensory resonance creates a physiological memory that will beg to be repeated.
    Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • His Zoroaster, built in 1878, is widely considered the first such vessel to be commercially successful, and its design was studied and replicated.
    Drew Goins, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • However, that unique quality that podcasting possesses to niche program cannot be replicated by corporations and private equity films that install wide appeal as the first priority, since that usually leads to profitability.
    Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Verb
  • As hearing notice times shrunk, that no-show rate doubled to 40% by this June, the organization said.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Tyler Stephenson doubled home JJ Bleday with the Reds' first run.
    CBS News, CBS News, 1 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
  • Even companies that are a step closer to infrastructure, including Jasper and Tome, remain exposed the moment model providers ship the same feature, proof that sitting lower in the stack rescues nobody when the layer itself can be reproduced.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • But the deeper misconception, Zacharia and other scholars say, is that there exists a single, correct ancient world the film could have reproduced.
    Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Where products can be copied and technologies commoditized, sensory resonance creates a physiological memory that will beg to be repeated.
    Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • All parties acknowledged that the season was not good enough and could not be repeated but agreed for Howe to remain in his role.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • Private Security Across the country, the number of ultra-expensive homes has also multiplied.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 July 2026
  • This effect is multiplied during supply chain disruptions, which reward agility and punish rigidity.
    Gary McGuigan, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

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