reduplicates

verb

present tense third-person singular of reduplicate
1
as in copies
to make an exact likeness of reduplicate a recording of the concert for my friend

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2
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
  1. copies
  2. repeats
  3. reproduces
  4. replicates
  5. renders
  6. renews
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
Definition of copies
Verb
  • Amy Bos, who handles government affairs for the trade group, said California’s bill repeats what NetChoice sees as a bad pattern of taking decisions out of the hands of parents and potentially running afoul of the First Amendment.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The behavior repeats or has a strong chance of being repeated.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of repeats
Verb
  • Balsam Hill achieves the life-like branches using its signature True Needle technology that reproduces the texture and shade variation found on natural trees.
    — Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2026
  • The jumping cholla is a cactus that reproduces via the spread of clones.
    — Philip Anderson, The Conversation, 8 July 2026
Definition of reproduces
Verb
  • Gone are the large crown sidewalls from James’ last model, but a new carbon fiber midfoot shank replicates the center of the shape in smaller fashion.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • This pair from Susanny replicates the look with tie straps and a square toe.
    — Brooke Knappenberger, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of replicates
Verb
  • Any page that’s readable by a human could also be correctly interpreted by an AI scraping tool that simply renders the full webpage and uses optical character recognition on an image of the output.
    — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026
  • However, a severe injury now renders any potential deal for the 20-year-old virtually impossible, altering his immediate future at the club.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of renders
Verb
  • At the moment, that’s determined by whether the Best Player at the recent World Cup won by his country Spain renews a contract which expires on June 30, 2027 at the Etihad or returns home to the Spanish capital by agreeing to join Real Madrid.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • This amendment renews a sales tax that enables Missouri’s state parks to be free and that funds conservation programs.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of renews
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“Reduplicates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reduplicates. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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