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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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
Refills tend to cost less per stick than a full new package, and cutting plastic waste is a tangible impact that repeats every few weeks.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 16 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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The brutalist thump of drummer Moe Tucker renders the showmen in Led Zeppelin and the Who irrelevant.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
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

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