Definition of reduplicatenext
1
as in to reproduce
to make an exact likeness of reduplicate a recording of the concert for my friend

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2
as in to repeat
to make or do again found out halfway through the project that I was reduplicating another team member's efforts, so we had to figure out who was going to do what

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Verb
  • With a hundred and forty-one residential projects in development and twenty thousand new residents projected for the neighborhood by 2035, the city is attempting to reproduce the idea at building scale.
    Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Unlike paintings or sculptures, prints can be reproduced, easily shipped and stored, and sold affordably.
    John P. Murphy, ARTnews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
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  • Strawberries, sugar, lemon, and lime juice create the base layer with the same repeated by substituting blueberries for the top layer, while the middle is an ice cream-like custard.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Hammering the Color Palette Using too many colors (and over-repeating them) can cause visual overwhelm, which can read as clutter.
    Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 11 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Each time a cell divides, its DNA is copied, but mistakes inevitably creep in.
    Jerome Groopman, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Credentials can be lost, copied, skimmed, photographed, or forged.
    Alex Israel, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Soon, the astronauts of Artemis 2 will try to replicate it during their own flight around the moon.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Patience is the hardest part of this model to replicate.
    Stuart N. Brotman, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Conservationists celebrated when wolves — which were rendered locally extinct in 1924, the same year that the last grizzly was killed — migrated into the state from Oregon 15 years ago.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Many are rendered in his signature teardrop style, where droplets hold fragments of memory and history.
    Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
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  • Then Josh Kroenke, the vice chairman of the organization that owns the Nuggets, fired Malone and also announced that the current general manager Calvin Booth also wasn’t going to have his contract renewed.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Coinciding with the launch of Playground, Netflix has unveiled new kids' shows and renewed several of its most popular series.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The installation is a winking reference to the Turing test, the 1950 thought experiment about whether a machine can credibly imitate a person.
    Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Each of the wounded imitated the pain and symptoms of an injury that could happen on the battlefield.
    Chelsea Torres, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • San Diego County’s creation of a new consumer protection bureaucracy duplicates existing efforts, leading to a case of too many cooks in the kitchen, potentially leading to significant waste and abuse.
    Adam Summers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The study also showed that 60% of ticket purchases attributed to TikTok advertising came from audiences not reached by linear television, highlighting the platform’s ability to expand a film’s audience rather than simply duplicate reach.
    Partner Content, Variety, 1 Apr. 2026
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“Reduplicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reduplicate. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.

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