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the act of saying or doing over again ever since I was forced to do a reduplication of a day's work, I've been more conscientious about hitting my computer's "save" button

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Recent Examples of reduplication And yet…the rhyme schemes, the reduplication, the semantic shifts, the conversions, the deliberate grammatical oddities, and rich double entendres–Carpenter is, for some people, the greatest poet to have ever put pen to paper. Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2024 TikTok is a compound word that’s called (take a deep breath) an ablaut-shift reduplication because only the internal vowel changes. Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2024 The collection, dubbed with another fun reduplication, Bon Bon, was inspired by the packaging for the Apple AirPods. Leilani Marie Labong, SFChronicle.com, 26 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reduplication
Noun
  • Herbicides also harm honeybees, butterflies, and other pollinators through direct contact and/or through long-term impacts on reproduction and development.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Once fully grown, the medusae spawn a colony and repeat the asexual reproduction process.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • LaNasa echoed her friend’s concern while adding an ignorance of history will lead to its repetition.
    BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • After each repetition, participants performed a grip strength task and an arrowhead flanker task to measure attention.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Journal Sentinel has requested a copy of Gonzalez' resignation letter and is awaiting a response.
    Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Those platforms sent copies of the 1099-K to both the IRS and the taxpayer.
    Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Come back to the starting position and repeat.
    Jakob Roze, Health, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Made with soft, four-way stretch fabric that resists wrinkles and pilling, they’re built to handle long flights and repeat wears.
    Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Creator @tinalemac shared her step-by-step process for transforming a plain IKEA mirror into a high-end replica using nothing more than tin foil and air-dry clay.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Acutis' tomb in Assisi—his body displayed in a wax replica and dressed in casual clothes and sneakers—has become a major pilgrimage site, and relics associated with him have toured internationally.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Sleep-mimicking anesthetics, like Dex, don’t produce a perfect imitation.
    RJ Mackenzie, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The Residences’ partners insisted wood be wood, leather be leather, and plastic should never be a faux substitute because the ultra rich instantly spot imitations.
    Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025

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“Reduplication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reduplication. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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