duplicating

present participle of duplicate
1
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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2
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 That does not mean flexibility everywhere; duplicating every workload across clouds usually costs more than the option is worth. Dr. Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 20 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
  • Don't start sending aggressive emails or copying numerous people on every message.
    William Phillips, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Instead of copying each motion, the AI learned the underlying coordination principles.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The show also pokes fun at the late 1990s and early 2000s liberal cultural consensus that was upheld in other popular culture of the time while also both replicating and subverting stereotypes of suburban Southern white Americans.
    Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Aug. 2026
  • As for Greathouse replicating his CFP performances of two years ago … that feels like a reach, even for this hypothetical exercise.
    Pete Sampson, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • My favorite scare must have been accomplished with the person-doubling technology from The Prestige.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Meyer Riegger opened a Seoul space in collaboration with Galerie Jocelyn Wolff last year, while Gladstone Gallery is doubling in size and relocating to Hannam-dong ahead of the fairs.
    Payal Uttam, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • To avoid reproducing a rentier economy dependent on transit fees and foreign concessions, the Syrian state must reinvest project revenues in local economies.
    Jesse Marks, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026
  • For as long as a queen is reproducing at a steady clip, all the other females in her colony will be totally infertile.
    Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In hopes of repeating, the Knicks are bringing back almost the same team as last season.
    James L. Edwards III, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • To see how this works in practice, consider how Gemma might approach hiring Richard’s replacement to avoid repeating the same mistake.
    Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • What Bitcoin’s Market Cap Actually Measures Market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the latest market price by the circulating supply.
    Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • For example, multiplying two large prime numbers is easy, but determining the two prime factors that led to a particular product is difficult.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • But the force of the flooding could mean mud may be caked over such exits, rendering rescue plans difficult, Horney said.
    ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The software offered to fix it, rendering a version with the left side lifted and overlaying the before and after so the subject could watch his own jawline move.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Last week, City & State reported payments were late again this year in 3-K and Pre-K, and The New York Times later reported the same setbacks were also straining the new 2-K pilot program, renewing scrutiny of the delays.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Many years later, Parton and Dean celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary by renewing their vows.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026

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“Duplicating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duplicating. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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