duplicates 1 of 2

plural of duplicate

duplicates

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of duplicate
1
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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2
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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3

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Recent Examples of duplicates
Noun
Out of the 20,000 names on the list, only 7,035 had addresses in Los Angeles County and some were duplicates, according to a separate Tuesday court filing by Los Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan. — Miles Parks, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026 Another 258 entries were duplicates, with the same unauthorized videos reported multiple times. — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2026 Finally, under Performance, the photo cleaner offered to free up storage space by deleting duplicate photos and photos that, while not exact duplicates, are very similar. — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026 The list of candidates for the top prize duplicates last year’s roster of EOTY nominees, with the exception of Langley taking the spot that went to Morgan Wallen in 2024. — Chris Willman, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026 Objectors also allege some petition sheets were copies, duplicates or did not apply to the specified referendum. — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 New features include Automated Bank-Reconciliation that allows JAX to identify unreconciled transactions, duplicates, missing documents and anomalies, then help resolve them while updating the books in real time. — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 But, in the event of a glitch, transporter rooms effectively become highly sophisticated 3D printers, creating duplicates indistinguishable from the original beamee. — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2026 Some sets come with additional lids, which may be duplicates or something unique, such as specially sized lids for soda bottles. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
Silver will remain, though is highly likely to be a different shade — Apple rarely duplicates colors between years. — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 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
Noun
  • In her hometown of Yefremov, about 300 kilometers (185 miles) south of Moscow and about halfway to the border with Ukraine, Masha’s teacher had asked the class to draw pictures supporting Russian troops.
    — Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
  • And there was a photographer who seemed to be taking an endless number of pictures.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Smith also explained what would happen if a legal challenge ultimately failed, including continuity arrangements with European partners and backup copies of Microsoft’s code held in Switzerland.
    — Margot Edelman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Lizzo gave away copies of her book to students in kindergarten through third grade at the school.
    — Leondra Head, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Basquiat makes an image, reproduces it, cuts it up and gives it another life.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Once researchers can send participants home with a device that reliably reproduces sauna-like heat stress, the study pipeline gets longer, cheaper and larger.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In that sense, New Stanford replicates an ancient form of patriarchal bias that casts men as the norm and women as an atypical other.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have developed a robotic arm that replicates aspects of human touch perception.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Raking counts as moderate-intensity exercise, closer to doubles tennis and power yoga than just sweeping the porch.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Then William Contreras and Jake Bauers each bounced ground-rule doubles into the stands, Bauers’ driving in two runs to cut the Dodgers’ lead in half.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • In honor of the nation’s 250th anniversary, researchers at Penn State University have modeled its acoustic properties, drawing on data collected from one of the bell’s replicas.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Fitting that there are dinosaur replicas towering over the lobby that leads straight through the building.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • On the editorial side, this includes the licenses for reproductions in books like exhibition catalogs, scholarly tomes, and even the covers of novels, as well as publications, for news coverage and criticism for exhibitions as well as general use.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • But De Kooning would apply fragments of the reproductions to new compositions, often in different orientations.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The Cyclops, Polyphemus, renders the strength of Odysseus’ crew insufficient, much as expertise that took a company decades to develop can suddenly be commoditized.
    — Jeff DeGraff, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • It’s reflected in the visuals of the series, which are as unimaginative as the AI actor renders are dead and inexpressive even before they’re shot through with Tokugawa-era arrows.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2026

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