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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
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
Most posts do not receive much engagement, and approximately one-third of the site’s messages are duplicates of viral templates.
—Tharin Pillay, Time, 3 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
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
Most posts do not receive much engagement, and approximately one-third of the site’s messages are duplicates of viral templates.
—Tharin Pillay, Time, 3 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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One of those pictures was with Luca Gamauf, a university student.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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The management also tossed pictures of his kids.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2026
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Bully sold a strong 56,000 physical copies in its first week and logged over 98 million on-demand streams in the same period.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Apr. 2026
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Investigators got copies of text messages between the source and Guo that included his plans and information about the targets.—
Laura Fay,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The new simulator reproduces galactic cosmic rays using ion accelerators, giving researchers a powerful tool to study radiation exposure in deep space.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Mar. 2026
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The nuance and presence that the Nova Elite's carbon fiber reproduces across the full frequency range are noticeably better than those of the Nova Pro Wireless, which already sounds great.—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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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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The junior first baseman produced a pair of RBI doubles and scored twice for the Knights in 6-5 nonconference win.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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Guests were greeted on the ground floor of Genesis House, which doubles as a luxury vehicle showroom.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
9 Apr. 2026
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Already the group has held fundraisers, notably by partnering with DB Woodworks to create small-scale wooden replicas of the sign for sale, with some of the proceeds going towards the project.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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Faux-chrome hubcaps and brick outlines resembling fenders decorate the building’s skin; those giant gargoyles on the corners are overscale replicas of radiator-cap hood ornaments.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
27 Mar. 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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At the intersection of these meanings is a question about the intimate reproductions of culture, how it’s passed between mentor and mentee, parent and child.—
Hannah Gold,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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The fun of watching Survivor is seeing contestants wriggle out of seemingly impossible binds through social skills, but when that becomes impossible, the show renders itself only frustrating.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
2 Apr. 2026
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In his songs, the Virginia rapper renders societal ills in high definition.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Duplicates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duplicates. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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