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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Still, those details deserve more attention when a new site also copies campaign branding or asks for money.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
This rapid method copies the parasite’s genetic material until there’s enough to detect, rather than trying to grow the organism.

— Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of copies

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The feather earrings draw from Our Lady of Doves (1988), while one dress repeats a drawing of two boxers that is another recurring motif of Drexler’s appearing in color, Going Down, and black and white, On the Nose (both 1991).

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
As rehearsals move forward, Eisenberg repeats key scenes in the play and shoots them differently each time, his camera coming to represent Mona’s shifting perspective.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of repeats

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That may sound scary, but adding AI to a broken organization only reproduces the same problems in a faster, more bloated and more expensive form.

— Panos Siozos, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Naked mole rat colonies have a hierarchy that loosely aligns with body size, where only the largest females have a shot at becoming queen—and only the queen reproduces.

— Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of reproduces

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Nor can Antigone, whose all-consuming identification with her cause renders her indifferent to other obligations, be adopted as a user-friendly hero.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
But its timing also renders it necessarily incomplete — a setup for a next chapter that, within the film’s 92 minutes, never quite comes.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of renders

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Our study renews the links between particle physics and high-energy astrophysics.

— Jesse Liu, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
Though the adaptation softens Sophoclean ambiguity in favor of moral clarity, commanding performances and lush costumes, projections and Indigenous music create a gripping spectacle that renews the Getty’s classical theater tradition.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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