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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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
Bidirectional edges connected the robots to each other, because each robot had to know what other robots were doing at each time step to avoid collisions or duplicating tasks.
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Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
The remaining one-third involves SG&A costs, split between restructuring sales and marketing operations and duplicating corporate functions such as finance, HR, and legal.
—Joe Cornell, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The goal is to leverage their distinctive strengths to foster growth without duplicating efforts, according to Zhang Kailin, an official with the National Development and Reform Commission.
—Bloomberg, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
The remaining one-third involves SG&A costs, split between restructuring sales and marketing operations and duplicating corporate functions such as finance, HR, and legal.
—Joe Cornell, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The goal is to leverage their distinctive strengths to foster growth without duplicating efforts, according to Zhang Kailin, an official with the National Development and Reform Commission.
—Bloomberg, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duplicating
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Pet owner Saige shared an adorable clip on TikTok (@saigescho) showing her white rescue kitten, Maude, copying the antics of her long-haired chihuahua, Alfie.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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My translation is not copying but an artistic act.—
Robert Minhinnick,
The Dial,
2 Oct. 2025
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Miller started with strikeouts of Seiya Suzuki, Kelly and Crow-Armstrong, replicating the sequence of events from his one-inning appearance a day earlier.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Hailey Bieber, too, has given the sneaker a seal of approval, strutting around in its ombré, yellow-and-orange version in London while confirming that the trench coat and Nike Shox combo is one worthy of replicating this fall.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
1 Oct. 2025
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The company is on track to add thousands of AARP members to its digital vault this year, with the expectation of more than doubling its number of users by 2026.—
Laura Layden,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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General Motors fell 3% despite EV sales doubling from 2024, Ford rose 2% and Stellantis surged 14% as sales rose after eight quarters of declines.—
Benzinga,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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The costs of reproducing living labor varied in response to struggle.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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Without people in the loop, AI risks reproducing the inherent problems that it is meant to avoid, including discrimination, institutional incompetence and overall distrust.—
Gangesh Pathak,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Lloyd Webber is ever fond of repeating his melodies, and the emotional effect comes from placing them in different registers and layering timbres on top of one another.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
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Both pieces featured a repeating monogram pattern.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
30 Sep. 2025
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Across the fashion industry, circular strategies are multiplying — global SPAs are strengthening garment collection schemes, while European luxury houses are elevating biodiversity as a strategic pillar.—
Chizuru Muko,
Footwear News,
2 Oct. 2025
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Their two-income household had dropped to one, and Fleming’s son required more in-home medical equipment, multiplying their family’s expenses.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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What about the Black artist who, like countless artists before, has his own reasons for rendering nature?—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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After allegedly fleeing the scene without rendering aid or calling authorities, the Louisiana native was charged with negligent homicide, felony hit-and-run and reckless operation of a vehicle.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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During the Bears’ 0-2 start last month, Stevenson struggled in pass coverage, renewing concerns about his ability to reach his next developmental checkpoint.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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The fee will apply whether the driver is being issued a license for the first time or renewing their license.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Duplicating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duplicating. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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