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as in copies
something that is made to look exactly like something else
that old-looking colonial mansion is actually a 20th-century reduplication of the original, which was destroyed many years ago
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as in repeats
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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Noun
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Luminate reports that the decade-old set sold 50,500 copies throughout America in the most recent week.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025 -
One accuser, Marina Lacerda, called on the Justice Department to give survivors full unredacted copies of all case files.—
Robert Abitbol,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Project to project, the two endeavor to build conceptual through lines, referencing past successes without resting on repeats.—
Sam Cochran,
Architectural Digest,
3 Sep. 2025
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Dashboards fill, action plans get filed, and the cycle repeats.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Repeat for 10-12 repetitions (reps) of the movement and perform three to four sets.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
2 Sep. 2025
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The repetitions of Emery answers and responding with Bizot every time, Martinez’s deputy, were signs of his annoyance and symptomatic of how the uncertainty that had enveloped Villa’s summer was now permeating onto the pitch.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In the non-virtual world, some have made physical toy replicas of the characters, while others have created real-life plays featuring them.—
Safiyah Riddle,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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While the original pieces perished in a fire at Rohwer after the war, the replicas remain to give evidence of this student project that developed under her supervision.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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After the event, replays will be exclusively available for six months for purchasers.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
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Uranus retrograde in Gemini replays lessons around home, family, and roots.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Reduplications.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reduplications. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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