reduplicating

Definition of reduplicatingnext
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
  • Police say the thieves are tapping into technology — copying key fobs to steal cars.
    Ubah Ali, CBS News, 9 May 2026
  • Previous Buc-ee's lawsuits This is not the first time Buc-ee's has sued a company over allegedly copying its famous beaver mascot and overall branding.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 6 May 2026
Verb
  • Regional seismometers registered localized repeating earthquakes beginning as early as August 5.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 May 2026
  • The upper arches are smaller and arranged in groups of three, such that one small upper arch corresponds to a pier, followed by two arches corresponding to a large lower arch in a repeating pattern.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • The Braves wound up in last place that season, and Schuerholz arrived in October as the Braves’ new GM, rendering Cox a full-time manager again.
    Mark Bradley for the AJC, AJC.com, 9 May 2026
  • Instead, the interstellar medium is dominated by gas, and mostly hydrogen gas at that, but in the warmer, more diffuse regions of space, that gas becomes ionized, rendering it into a plasma.
    Big Think, Big Think, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • Food is prepared on charcoal- burning grills, giving it a mouthwatering char and aroma that electric grills could never dream of replicating.
    Nathanael Gassett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Ahead of taking on the task of replicating Michael's legendary voice and performing skills, Jaafar practiced for hours on end to sing as Michael.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The polyphenols in cranberries also block viruses from reproducing and stimulate the immune system.
    Cynthia Sass, Health, 27 Apr. 2026
  • After his death in 1993, the hippos escaped and began reproducing in the wild.
    Carlie Procell, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • That means strengthening job training and apprenticeship programs, making serious investments in manufacturing, and renewing Trade Adjustment Assistance – a vital program to help American workers get back on their feet that Republicans allowed to expire.
    Linda Sánchez, Oc Register, 9 May 2026
  • Authorities are renewing their search for the body of Kristen Smart, 30 years after the California woman vanished.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Verb
  • The contest aims to challenge negative stereotypes of seagulls, which are often seen as a nuisance, by imitating them, per local network WTV.
    Adam England, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Another potential treatment route the study opens up is using machines to massage cancer cells, imitating the rhythmic beating of the heart.
    Anil Oza, STAT, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The tense battle culminates in the Beliskner being destroyed, in turn killing all the Replicators, except for one, which is seen crawling out of the ocean, setting up future battles with this duplicating menace.
    Daryl Baxter, Space.com, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The findings, published in a new study in the journal Nature Communications, suggest there’s a hard limit to duplicating mammals.
    Frank Landymore, Futurism, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Reduplicating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reduplicating. Accessed 12 May. 2026.

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