reduplicating

present participle of reduplicate
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as in repeating
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
  • But installing a new system isn’t just copying and pasting a playbook; constant tweaks and adjustments are needed, especially when defenses start throwing curveballs.
    Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Don't start sending aggressive emails or copying numerous people on every message.
    William Phillips, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The boards that avoid repeating the errors of that 2012 firm will not be the ones holding the most detailed AI policy documents.
    Amer Al Ahbabi, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Hundreds of residents returned to the streets the following day, marching toward the Trampolín and Benítez beach areas where migrants were camped and repeating the same chant, according to EFE.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • And with the aforementioned outgoings, the Uruguay international is also probably Tottenham’s best player in the air now, rendering him near-undroppable.
    Elias Burke, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • But the bigger issue is that Tenzing keeps its title character and his closest ally (to say nothing of all the smaller characters around them) at a reverent distance, rendering them in broad strokes rather than fine shading.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The show also pokes fun at the late 1990s and early 2000s liberal cultural consensus that was upheld in other popular culture of the time while also both replicating and subverting stereotypes of suburban Southern white Americans.
    Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Aug. 2026
  • As for Greathouse replicating his CFP performances of two years ago … that feels like a reach, even for this hypothetical exercise.
    Pete Sampson, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Without a constant flow of fresh human insight, synthetic models risk becoming increasingly sophisticated at reproducing what is already known.
    Abigail Stuart, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • To avoid reproducing a rentier economy dependent on transit fees and foreign concessions, the Syrian state must reinvest project revenues in local economies.
    Jesse Marks, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Fighting has flared up again in the Middle East, causing oil prices to jump and renewing inflation worries.
    Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Any decrease in ratings this season would undermine the luster of NFL games at a time when the league is already holding preliminary discussions with Paramount about the possibility of renewing the company’s current rights deal.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • One year later, Clooney, 65, is back at the Venice Film Festival for a spin in the spotlight on the opening night for a bit of life imitating art.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Slop is formulaic and impersonal, the aggregate of everything that is already imitating everything else.
    Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • That does not mean flexibility everywhere; duplicating every workload across clouds usually costs more than the option is worth.
    Dr. Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Rather, each pair should serve a distinct purpose instead of duplicating another one already hanging in the closet.
    Alesandra Dubin, Glamour, 31 July 2026
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“Reduplicating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reduplicating. Accessed 9 Sep. 2026.

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