reduplicates

present tense third-person singular of reduplicate
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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reduplicates
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • For the Sk8-Hi, the upper’s medial side hosts both the full Dodgers script and the LA logo, the latter of which repeats at the top of the heel.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 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
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • Some may occur randomly when a cell divides and replicates its DNA.
    — MD Published, Verywell Health, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The bio-spandex replicates the elasticity and durability levels of conventional petrochemical products.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Maintaining a positive outlook on the relationship, in contrast, preserves memories and history, but renders the demise of the relationship more painful.
    — George Loewenstein, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Black renders the majority of the sneaker, but red rears its head again through speckling on the midsole, TPU flyplate, full medial Swoosh and lining.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • After the initial year, the subscription automatically renews at the then-current rate.
    — Camila Quimper, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Our study renews the links between particle physics and high-energy astrophysics.
    — Jesse Liu, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
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“Reduplicates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reduplicates. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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