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
  • Data can be generated at near-unlimited scale, including rare or dangerous scenarios that are hard to reproduce in reality.
    Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
  • This article originally appeared in Spektrum der Wissenschaft and was reproduced with permission.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 19 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • Not to be redistributed, copied, or modified in any way.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 Apr. 2026
  • New York City has already banned gas stoves and furnaces in new buildings, and Albany is moving to copy California’s approach by requiring zero-emission vehicles for future car, pickup, and SUV sales.
    Nicole Malliotakis, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • That aspiration was a kind of geopolitical superpower that no missile silo could replicate.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Their influence will need to be replicated elsewhere.
    W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The two teams were scheduled to play in a rematch Tuesday in Oak Lawn but the game was postponed by a late afternoon storm that rendered the baseball field unplayable.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Some of the company's changes have sparked debate, particularly around its use of beef tallow, which is fat rendered from cows.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • There is something to be said for admitting that the prospects of disagreement are permanent and that wisdom consists not in tearing up the peace treaty but in renewing it.
    Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • In April, Argentina renewed attention on him after its President Javier Milei’s government designated the entire Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization and singled out Vahidi by name.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Then comes that particular way of speaking so well imitated by comedians Armando Roblan and Eddy Calderón during long seasons in Calle Ocho theaters and on Miami radio.
    Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Both of us remember childhood weekends spent recording our own camcorder sketch shows — Lee imitating Dana Carvey’s Ross Perot and Molly Shannon’s Mary Catherine Gallagher, Jenn pushing the boundaries of absurdism far past the point of actually getting laughs.
    Lee Kelly, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • But their presence in the huddle, their command in the locker room and their ability to steady a team are not traits so easily duplicated.
    Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Apr. 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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“Reduplicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reduplicate. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.

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