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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
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
But anyone’s likeness can be duplicated by AI and you can be made to be doing pretty much anything.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 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
Verb
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
But anyone’s likeness can be duplicated by AI and you can be made to be doing pretty much anything.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duplicated
Verb
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This material has been scraped, copied and reused with no common standards to enable permission or payment, weakening the economic model that supports journalism.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
26 Feb. 2026
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In a market as digitalized and transparent as China, short-term growth tactics are either achieved at the expense of brand equity or quickly copied — and often overtaken — within three to six months.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The Creature thinks his suffering can only cease if it is replicated in another, and expresses this desire through possessive, dehumanizing language.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
7 Mar. 2026
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Collinsworth hopes the model provided by Jericho Village can be replicated across the country to solve affordable housing crises in many communities.—
Lilly Kersh,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Mar. 2026
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This means that the loss of the ejecta doubled the thrust imparted on Dimorphos by the initial DART impact.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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Gilgeous-Alexander, recognizing Denver’s defense, stayed away from where he would be doubled, finding room for his step-back 3-pointer.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
10 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,
4 Mar. 2026
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No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.—
Shafiq Najib,
ABC News,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The value of Agwunobi’s stock options were reported in 2007 by The Street and repeated by Rennie in his column Sunday.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
4 Mar. 2026
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A day earlier, Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, repeated that message, saying the country had prepared for a longer conflict.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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As the new reality set in, the questions multiplied.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
4 Mar. 2026
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It’s widely believed the relics later multiplied; most are enshrined in a memorial stupa at Kopan monastery in Nepal.—
Deepa Bharath,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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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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In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Jordan lays out how Windom refused to answer multiple questions during a transcribed interview in June and a required deposition in September.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Nov. 2025
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“Duplicated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duplicated. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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