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as in pictures
something or someone that strongly resembles another
doll carriages that are duplicates of baby carriages
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as in copies
something that is made to look exactly like something else
a duplicate of a house key
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as in reproduces
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 replicates
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 doubles
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 duplicates
Luis Miguel Echegaray, CBS News, 26 May 2026
Removing duplicates will not alter the substantive analysis ED must conduct for each borrower, or the order in which ED processes requests.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Once designed, both the dresses and the tuxedo had to be replicated in duplicates to accommodate the stunt doubles and the mess that would ensue while shooting the final scene of the wedding night.
—Zoe Papelis, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2026
Of the more than 100 habeas petitions that have already been closed this year, a federal judge rejected only one, The Post found, while a few dozen more were duplicates or were dismissed voluntarily.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026
The Union-Tribune is excluding from its analysis ICE records of arrests that are likely to be duplicates.
—Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
Other names are probably duplicates, the government says, while some people may have gone off the grid voluntarily for personal reasons.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Software engineer Alexey Grigorev recently watched an AI agent destroy his entire production database—wiping out years of course data after a setup error caused the system to delete the live environment instead of cleaning up duplicates.
—Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
Eliminate duplicates or lone items like unmatched socks, unwanted gifts, or free giveaways.
—Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 16 Mar. 2026
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 15 May 2026
If Shane van Gisbergen duplicates his amazing run last Sunday on the road course at Watkins Glen, the June 21 Anduril 250 at Navy Base Coronado might be remembered as one of those great events.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
Continue reading … FAMILY FAVORITE — Man duplicates his kids' fast-food meal of choice.
—FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Gifford said the process essentially duplicates how wooden ships were preserved generations ago, when ships were regularly washed down with salt water.
—ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
Perplexity’s video disappoints with a watering can that appears out of thin air, for example, while Veo’s video duplicates its cutting board.
—PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
Shapiro said sometimes the feedback will be about a university calendar change, or a degree program proposal that duplicates an existing field.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
Sticker trading events are expected to take place across the area, so that fans can gather and swap duplicates.
—Luis Miguel Echegaray, CBS News, 26 May 2026
Removing duplicates will not alter the substantive analysis ED must conduct for each borrower, or the order in which ED processes requests.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Once designed, both the dresses and the tuxedo had to be replicated in duplicates to accommodate the stunt doubles and the mess that would ensue while shooting the final scene of the wedding night.
—Zoe Papelis, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2026
Of the more than 100 habeas petitions that have already been closed this year, a federal judge rejected only one, The Post found, while a few dozen more were duplicates or were dismissed voluntarily.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026
The Union-Tribune is excluding from its analysis ICE records of arrests that are likely to be duplicates.
—Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
Other names are probably duplicates, the government says, while some people may have gone off the grid voluntarily for personal reasons.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Software engineer Alexey Grigorev recently watched an AI agent destroy his entire production database—wiping out years of course data after a setup error caused the system to delete the live environment instead of cleaning up duplicates.
—Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
Eliminate duplicates or lone items like unmatched socks, unwanted gifts, or free giveaways.
—Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 16 Mar. 2026
Verb
Interpretive guidance from attorneys general and relevant agencies comes first, as Attorney General Tong’s Connecticut advisory and Attorney General Campbell’s earlier Massachusetts advisory demonstrate, doing the threshold work that a substantial share of state AI legislation otherwise duplicates.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 15 May 2026
If Shane van Gisbergen duplicates his amazing run last Sunday on the road course at Watkins Glen, the June 21 Anduril 250 at Navy Base Coronado might be remembered as one of those great events.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
Continue reading … FAMILY FAVORITE — Man duplicates his kids' fast-food meal of choice.
—FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Gifford said the process essentially duplicates how wooden ships were preserved generations ago, when ships were regularly washed down with salt water.
—ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
Perplexity’s video disappoints with a watering can that appears out of thin air, for example, while Veo’s video duplicates its cutting board.
—PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
Shapiro said sometimes the feedback will be about a university calendar change, or a degree program proposal that duplicates an existing field.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duplicates
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In comparison, the Jewel Changi Airport shopping mall has been truly embraced as a travel destination, with visitors flocking to its extremely Instagramable artificial waterfall to take pictures.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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But Hanna has gotten some great pictures, starting with that epic shot of closer Lucas Erceg in April.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Multiple copies of Howl, Kaddish, and assembled collections of complete verse lined (and still line) my bookshelves.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Save every record Keep copies of any letters, account notices, bills, screenshots or emails tied to the fraud.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
Verb
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The test consisted of a 7-MW grid simulator that replicates disturbances and voltage ride-through events, and a 20-MW load simulator that reproduces real-world demand dynamics such as those created by an AI data center.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
29 Apr. 2026
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This includes the importance of gestures such as going to retrieve from the family casket a pin that reproduces the British and American flags together, as well as those that actually fly on the streets of Washington.—
Giorgia Olivieri,
Vanity Fair,
28 Apr. 2026
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Jesse’s on the Bay replicates the stellar service and elevated cuisine that draw folks in droves to its sister restaurant, Jesse’s, in the tiny town of Magnolia Springs.—
Jennifer Stewart Kornegay,
Southern Living,
30 May 2026
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Aniello, who directed both bookend episodes, replicates her own long, dynamic shot from the series premiere, which tracks Deborah from the closing joke of her zillionth Vegas set, through a backstage warren of minions and admirers, to her dressing room.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 May 2026
Verb
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The 5x telephoto gives you a very pleasing compression and doubles as a macro shooter (right image in the above collage).—
Prakhar Khanna,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Madison Kossakowski 2 doubles, triple, 3 runs, 2 RBIs.—
Josh Krockey,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2026
Noun
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The company builds coral-reef replicas to install in areas where reefs have been lost or are suffering.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
28 May 2026
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In a section that hammered home that this really is the end of an era, the hosts called on stage key figures of the last decade to carry out replicas of each of the major trophies won during the Guardiola decade.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
Noun
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Early in the movie, failed architect and failing furniture-store owner Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor) discovers a portal into a seemingly endless, unpopulated liminal space filled with distorted reproductions of real-world rooms, objects, and even whole neighborhoods.—
Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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Rooms are done in rich fabrics in warm earth tones and dressed up with elements of local design, such as reproductions of Pavel Janak’s angular Cubist timber chairs and elegant chaise longues from designer Adolf Loos.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 May 2026
Verb
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This renders traditional resilience methods obsolete, as errors and malicious activity, like prompt injection, propagate rapidly through interconnected agents, making holistic recovery impossible.—
Pranay Ahlawat,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Verma, who also served as a member of Parliament, renders Magadh as a place at once real and imaginary, lasting and lost—both a point of origin and an unreachable destination.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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“Duplicates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duplicates. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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