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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
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
The department has said it's entitled to withhold records that exposed potential abuse victims, were duplicates or protected by legal privileges, or related to an ongoing criminal investigation.
—CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
Many files appear to be duplicates, however.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
Our 23 chromosomes come in pairs that are essentially near duplicates of each other (with the exception of XY pairs).
—Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2026
Adam Summers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 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
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
The department has said it's entitled to withhold records that exposed potential abuse victims, were duplicates or protected by legal privileges, or related to an ongoing criminal investigation.
—CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
Many files appear to be duplicates, however.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
Our 23 chromosomes come in pairs that are essentially near duplicates of each other (with the exception of XY pairs).
—Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2026
Verb
San Diego County’s creation of a new consumer protection bureaucracy duplicates existing efforts, leading to a case of too many cooks in the kitchen, potentially leading to significant waste and abuse.
—Adam Summers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 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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The housekeepers greet me with genuine care, the bartenders create cocktails with panache and smiles, and the doormen and women jauntily pose for pictures in their thick Batman-style winter cloaks.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Vakoch said that among the early proponents of displaying pictures to communicate with extraterrestrials was the illustrious mathematician Karl Friedrich Gauss.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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Jennie’s first solo studio album, Ruby, was released on March 7, 2025, and sold 1 million copies worldwide in its first week.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
21 Apr. 2026
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Released in 2011, the album is considered one of the best in his repertoire, selling over 10 million copies and earning him a Grammy.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
21 Apr. 2026
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An editor is not just someone who mechanically reproduces a number of steps.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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The system reproduces fusion-relevant magnetic conditions at a full tokamak configuration level, offering a platform to test magnet behavior under realistic conditions.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Apr. 2026
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Lerner gets plentiful mileage out of his novel’s title, which also connotes the transmission of culture (thought or speech to writing, sound to vinyl) or part of the process whereby DNA replicates.—
Hannah Gold,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Researchers at the University of Bristol have created a network of simple mechanical motors that replicates how human muscles respond to increasing load.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Mar. 2026
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To manage thermal loads and propulsion, the craft will employ lightweight composite-titanium radiators and an advanced 48-kW electric propulsion system, which also doubles as the primary spacecraft bus for communications and power distribution.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Apr. 2026
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Eco effort Sibbjäns doubles as a regenerative farm, where the biodiversity of plants and animals creates a healthy ecosystem.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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And as far as attention to detail, each follow in the footsteps of Amalgam’s miniature Formula 1 replicas and its previous partnerships with Maranello, which include a diminutive 12Cilindri.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
10 Apr. 2026
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Tuesday in a Castle Rock barn, history buffs are building replicas of old buildings, by hand.—
Olivia Young,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Visitors can purchase both originals and reproductions.—
Jess Lander,
San Francisco Chronicle,
8 Apr. 2026
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In 2019, Banksy created his own merchandising business named Off the Wall so the public could buy reproductions of his work.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Sue Chrysanthou, MacInnes’ barrister, told the court that Ghost suffered cold urticaria after the swim, a condition that effectively renders people allergic to cold water.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
20 Apr. 2026
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Even though the economic fallout of the Iran war renders the report somewhat stale, Thursday’s data gives the Fed a valuable look at the underlying conditions before the conflict began.—
Josephine Rozzelle,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Duplicates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duplicates. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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