reduplicates

Definition of reduplicatesnext
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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Verb
  • On a party count, that is 4-3 for the Dems and the one-for-you, one-for-me bipartisan staffing copies the Board of Elections.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Every time the virus copies itself inside a cell, its genetic material mutates.
    Kyle B. Enfield, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • With more companies reporting earnings next week, there are some names that could be in for big gains if history repeats itself.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
  • History repeats itself with the latest version of BMW’s flagship sedan.
    Stephen Edelstein, ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The test consisted of a 7-MW grid simulator that replicates disturbances and voltage ride-through events, and a 20-MW load simulator that reproduces real-world demand dynamics such as those created by an AI data center.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Apr. 2026
  • This includes the importance of gestures such as going to retrieve from the family casket a pin that reproduces the British and American flags together, as well as those that actually fly on the streets of Washington.
    Giorgia Olivieri, Vanity Fair, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Lerner gets plentiful mileage out of his novel’s title, which also connotes the transmission of culture (thought or speech to writing, sound to vinyl) or part of the process whereby DNA replicates.
    Hannah Gold, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Researchers at the University of Bristol have created a network of simple mechanical motors that replicates how human muscles respond to increasing load.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 22 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • On their surface, removal hearings can look like bench trials, where a judge — not a jury — hears evidence and renders a verdict.
    Sean Emery, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
  • Every chat with Claude or GPT runs on the same underlying machinery that calculates spreadsheet totals and renders video games—silicon wafers etched with billions of microscopic switches, organized into specialized processors.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • Continue reading … ‘ACTIVE AND ONGOING’ — Three months after Nancy Guthrie's abduction, sheriff's office renews plea as key questions remain unanswered.
    , FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
  • Mid-month, for instance, brings a fresh start, as the moon renews itself in Taurus on May 16.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
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“Reduplicates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reduplicates. Accessed 11 May. 2026.

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