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reduplicating

verb

present participle of reduplicate
1
as in copying
to make an exact likeness of reduplicate a recording of the concert for my friend

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2
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reduplicating
  1. copying
  2. repeating
  3. rendering
  4. replicating
  5. reproducing
  6. renewing
  7. imitating
  8. duplicating
Verb
  • But these genes still get copied every time the bacterium divides, and copying DNA costs energy.
    — Canan Karakoç, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026
  • People swivel-chair between them, copying information from emails, clicking through numerous interfaces and other tools.
    — Bryan Goode, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of copying
Verb
  • Instead of splintering, the waves naturally organize themselves into repeating geometric loops.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
  • History was now repeating itself in the United States, Kristofcak thought.
    — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of repeating
Verb
  • By updating the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive to blacklist specific misleading marketing tactics, however, EmpCo could lighten the load for watchdog groups by rendering once-routine declarations off-limits.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The movie is fantastic, a true thriller, and while some liberties were taken with the depiction of outer space, the basic premise of a cascading series of collisions rendering orbits too cluttered with debris to be usable is valid.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of rendering
Verb
  • My learning is more about understanding the mechanics of performance, the how, rather than replicating the why behind human emotions.
    — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Cunha’s strength has been in replicating some of the things that helped Murillo build his reputation in England.
    — Paul Taylor, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of replicating
Verb
  • Meanwhile several experts, independent of Schrottenloher, had launched an initiative aimed at reproducing Google’s result.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Its job is to go beyond producing a serviceable picture by interpreting and reproducing content.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of reproducing
Verb
  • More recently, in 2023, Belarusian embassies abroad stopped extending or renewing passports entirely, putting dissidents who fled the country in a similar bind to those from Myanmar.
    — Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The oversight body is not renewing itself fast enough to be positioned for the wave of transitions it will eventually be asked to govern.
    — Shawn Cole, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of renewing
Verb
  • The league immediately decided Juszczyk was imitating drinking beer.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Rather than taking advantage of genuine quantum effects, Scholes proposes, life might be imitating them instead.
    — Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of imitating
Verb
  • The country plans to expand LNG capacity from 77 million tons per year to 142 million by 2030, and duplicating that infrastructure isn’t feasible.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of duplicating
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“Reduplicating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reduplicating. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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