1
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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The novel by Herman Melville about a great white whale and the sea captain consumed by the beast that had bitten off his leg sold only a few hundred copies upon its release in England and America in 1851.—
Dan Kelly
March 24,
Kansas City Star,
24 Mar. 2026 -
Along with several newspapers from the day, including copies of The Denver Post, The Denver Republican, The Denver Times and the Rocky Mountain News, people involved in the installation left a letter and business cards.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Even without the repeats, there were complaints of predictability.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Excludes, sports, specials, news and repeats.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Throughout, artworks by Lawrence Weiner and Lee Ufan are paired with reproductions of important modernist furniture by the likes of Le Corbusier and Gerrit Rietveld.—
Wendy Goodman,
Curbed,
21 Mar. 2026
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But now, tourists will be able to sit on large travertine marble slabs where their columns once stood and read reproductions of the Roman numerals that indicated seat sections.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Head coach Cori Close called on Onyenwere to jump into the practice mix as part of an effort to limit the seniors’ repetitions and keep their legs fresh ahead of the trip to Sacramento for the next round of the NCAA Tournament.—
Haley Sawyer,
Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Practice repetitions gain reality.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Its rules stipulate that consent from performers must be given for the use of digital replicas.—
Jake Coyle,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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The union was successful in 2023 in establishing robust protections over the use of AI replicas.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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These replays are being broadcast and the radio technology made it so that people in the Philippines could listen to this fight live.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
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This next part is what replays in Wessinger’s mind on a loop.—
Emily Brindley
Health Reporter,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Reduplications.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reduplications. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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