DUPLICATING Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

duplicating

verb

present participle of duplicate

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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as in doubling

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 duplicating 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 The findings, published in a new study in the journal Nature Communications, suggest there’s a hard limit to duplicating mammals. —

Frank Landymore, Futurism, 26 Mar. 2026 And Payton conceded that Denver can’t count on duplicating the 12-2 record in one-score games the Broncos achieved last season. —

Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026 But current and former leaders of foster care agencies told the Tampa Bay Times last year that the claims were exaggerated or false, and that the Hope Florida program was duplicating existing efforts in child welfare. —

Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2026 McGee offers the example of duplicating triangle points by adding a prep faucet near the refrigerator. —

Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2026

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Start copying Lopez below for as little as $20.

— Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026
Simple tasks, like drawing lines or copying text, did not reveal major differences between the two groups.

— Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026