REDUPLICATING Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

reduplicating

verb

present participle of reduplicate

as in copying

to make an exact likeness of reduplicate a recording of the concert for my friend

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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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The Hamour and Lemon Mint pairing is more compelling because the drink responds directly to the food rather than copying the shape of a familiar cocktail.

— Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
While copying the last testament of his predecessor—which warned of the dire need for a strong military—the young Dalai Lama discovered that corrupt officials were embezzling army funds.

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026

Definition of copying

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Perishable items shouldn’t sit out for more than an hour in temperatures above 90 degrees, a reminder worth repeating before every beach day, picnic or backyard cookout.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2026
Instead, Nardozzi recommends repeating plants throughout the landscape.

— Colleen Sullivan, Martha Stewart, 14 July 2026

Definition of repeating

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Simultaneously rendering the past less remote while relishing its radical foreignness, Beard presses readers to grapple with alien ideas, reckon with gaps in their knowledge, and confront complexity.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
New state-level AI laws face significant enforcement challenges, rendering many ineffective.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of rendering

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The memo said that Venezuelan government officials developed the capability to manipulate electronic voting systems in their own elections, including replicating and overwriting voting data to make fraudulent votes legitimate.

— Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 17 July 2026
After an investigation was conducted, the Cruise Lines International Association and the International Maritime Organization implemented over 30 new safety rules and policies to avoid replicating the 2012 disaster, per CNN.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026

Definition of replicating

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By reproducing Campbell’s soup cans and Marilyn Monroe portraits at industrial scale, Warhol collapsed the distinction between commerce and culture, suggesting that mass production and repetition could become a form of value in itself.

— Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 21 July 2026
Even trickier, the diarrhea can seem to clear before flaring up again because the parasite is still reproducing in your gut.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 20 July 2026

Definition of reproducing

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In an April letter, 11 board members asked that the program be suspended, pointing to the risk of renewing medications — including blood thinners on Doctronic's list — without catching changes in a patient's condition.

— Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
That information includes the types of services covered by the renewal, the frequency and cost of renewing the service, and clear instructions on how to cancel the subscription or membership.

— P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2026

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In addition, Meadowlands can spoof enemy assets by imitating the specific, complex waveforms used by military and commercial satellite networks.

— David Szondy July 06, New Atlas, 7 July 2026
Second, GenAI output can reproduce part of a creator’s work or imitating their style, free riding on the years spent developing their craft.

— Zoey Forbes, The Dial, 7 July 2026

Definition of imitating

Verb

Detroit still has Cade Cunningham, but duplicating last season will be tough.

— David Aldridge, New York Times, 2 July 2026
Fiber-optic, first-person view (FPV) drones have become a key weapon in the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah’s war against Israel in recent months – bypassing Israel’s sophisticated defense systems by duplicating an asymmetric warfare tactic that first emerged in the Russia-Ukraine war.

— Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 28 June 2026

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