duplicating

present participle of duplicate
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as in copying
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 replicating
to make or do again we were unable to duplicate the experiment in our own lab, so we're suspicious

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Recent Examples of duplicating Stay Disciplined With SaaS Founders who ignore SaaS creep risk paying for tools their teams don’t use, duplicating functionality, and losing sight of where critical data actually lives. Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Rather, each pair should serve a distinct purpose instead of duplicating another one already hanging in the closet. Alesandra Dubin, Glamour, 31 July 2026 Detroit still has Cade Cunningham, but duplicating last season will be tough. David Aldridge, New York Times, 2 July 2026 Fiber-optic, first-person view (FPV) drones have become a key weapon in the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah’s war against Israel in recent months – bypassing Israel’s sophisticated defense systems by duplicating an asymmetric warfare tactic that first emerged in the Russia-Ukraine war. Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 28 June 2026 Creating parallel capabilities overseas risks duplicating existing infrastructure while diverting attention and resources from the interventions most likely to bring the outbreak under control. Krutika Kuppalli, STAT, 5 June 2026 But Elliott’s openness to the idea of duplicating a move his father made 25 years ago was greeted with near-unanimous approval online. Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 24 May 2026 Then a bipartisan team will remake the ballot in a process known as duplicating. Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026 The tense battle culminates in the Beliskner being destroyed, in turn killing all the Replicators, except for one, which is seen crawling out of the ocean, setting up future battles with this duplicating menace. Daryl Baxter, Space.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duplicating
Verb
  • Sweeping multilateral regulatory approaches, such as the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, are losing their efficacy as other major markets, including China, cease copying the EU playbook.
    Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Still, copying what an older woman did isn’t necessarily the same as learning from her.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 18 Aug. 2026
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  • The challenge facing Iraola and De la Torre is replicating that at one of the biggest clubs in the world, where expectations are huge and time is at a premium, with just over a week left until the Premier League season begins.
    Andy Jones, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Real-world experience in professions may be a quality that AI is incapable of replicating, a new study suggests.
    Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
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  • The result is a system that, in the long term, could carry out sub hunting autonomously, but in the short term acts as an onboard co-pilot, freeing up human operators while doubling sonobuoy processing capacity.
    David Szondy August 12, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Models like the Ferrari F40, F50 and Enzo, the Bugatti Veyron, Ruf Yellowbirds, Koenigseggs and Paganis are seeing parabolic price gains, with many doubling in price over the past two years, according to industry data.
    Robert Frank, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026
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  • While many inland striper fisheries are managed via annual stocking of fingerlings, Texoma stands out because its stripers are reproducing naturally.
    Ken Perrotte, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The sargassum that began reproducing in the region earlier than usual this year stems from a record 40 million metric tons reported last year.
    ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
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  • Do that and a first cannabis gummy experience is far more likely to be a good one, and one potentially worth repeating on your own terms.
    Peter Su, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Leaning even more into the vintage patterns and textiles that shaped her inaugural capsule, the designer particularly emphasized florals applied in repeating motifs, geometric stripes, plaids, and checkered prints.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 11 Aug. 2026
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  • Executive suites around the world have treated artificial intelligence as a magical, turnkey panacea—a single software deployment capable of magically cutting operating expenses, multiplying labor output and delivering immediate margins.
    Ivan Illan, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Despite his manic efforts to smash and spray them out of existence, the ever-multiplying cockroaches eventually overwhelm him.
    Asim Ali, Time, 1 Aug. 2026
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  • Russia is slowly edging towards its territorial goal of taking the Donbas – albeit through rendering the remaining ground held by Ukraine uninhabitable through horrific drone strikes on all signs of civilian and military life.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Restore screenwriter Scott Frank’s original idea of rendering the past in black and white.
    Callum McLennan, Variety, 16 Aug. 2026
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  • Ultimately, renewing alliances will require an affirmative purpose.
    Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • But the government contract for that work expired at the end of July, and, instead of renewing it, the Administration announced its plans to work with other providers.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026

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“Duplicating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duplicating. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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