REDUPLICATES Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

reduplicates

verb

present tense third-person singular of reduplicate

as in copies

to make an exact likeness of reduplicate a recording of the concert for my friend

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as in repeats

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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Someone else copies them for free and undercuts their pricing before the training run has even paid back.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
So some large companies essentially hire Anta to make their shoes, designed and developed in their own countries, in order to save some money, and Anta then copies their designs, manufacturing tolerances, and processes.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of copies

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The darker shade of suede is also used for the mustache, and the color repeats for the brand marks.

— Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
Jean-Michel Basquiat celebrates Hughes with a work on paper that repeats the writer's name to spread awareness of his work.

— Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of repeats

Verb

Basquiat makes an image, reproduces it, cuts it up and gives it another life.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Once researchers can send participants home with a device that reliably reproduces sauna-like heat stress, the study pipeline gets longer, cheaper and larger.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of reproduces

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Will movie nights and electric go-kart tracks suffice to keep CWG’s buildings full if, as some predict, AI renders large numbers of office jobs redundant?

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026
In other words, Israel is insisting that Hamas meet all its phase two obligations even before Israel has met any of its phase one obligations—a position that renders the plan unworkable.

— KHALED ELGINDY, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026

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