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 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

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The Ohio business has denied intentionally copying Buc-ee's branding.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
But installing a new system isn’t just copying and pasting a playbook; constant tweaks and adjustments are needed, especially when defenses start throwing curveballs.

— Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of copying

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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

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On the domestic front, Andréa separated from partner Colette (Ophélia Kolb), a co-parent to her daughter Flora — some sticky questions will arrive, doubling the pressure.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
The schedule at the US Open (and at two of the other three grand slams) is split into two – a day and night session – which basically allows organizers to sell two batches of tickets for the courts, essentially doubling the possible revenue.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of doubling

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Without a constant flow of fresh human insight, synthetic models risk becoming increasingly sophisticated at reproducing what is already known.

— Abigail Stuart, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of reproducing

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Michael Strain, director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a center-right think tank, said Trump would be repeating the same policy mistake as his predecessor, Democratic former President Joe Biden.

— BILL BARROW, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
This attempt by Israel to muzzle hope and stifle joy keeps repeating itself in all aspects of Palestinian life.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of repeating

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These factors, including varying breeds, make the old wives tale of multiplying a dog's age by seven inaccurate.

— Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
Paxlovid — a combination of the drugs nirmatrelvir and ritonavir — works by stopping the virus that causes Covid from multiplying.

— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of multiplying

Verb

And with the aforementioned outgoings, the Uruguay international is also probably Tottenham’s best player in the air now, rendering him near-undroppable.

— Elias Burke, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
But the bigger issue is that Tenzing keeps its title character and his closest ally (to say nothing of all the smaller characters around them) at a reverent distance, rendering them in broad strokes rather than fine shading.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of rendering

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Fighting has flared up again in the Middle East, causing oil prices to jump and renewing inflation worries.

— Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Any decrease in ratings this season would undermine the luster of NFL games at a time when the league is already holding preliminary discussions with Paramount about the possibility of renewing the company’s current rights deal.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026

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