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as in to repeat
to make or do again I can't replicate your results when I do the experiment myself

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Recent Examples of replicate Film Forum will replicate that at screenings, with all audience members receiving a limited edition glossy facsimile of the original booklet. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 30 May 2025 With denim skirts, though, that perfect blue-jean hem is so hard to replicate. Avery Matera, Glamour, 30 May 2025 Additionally, to strengthen Mexico’s feminist foreign policy, it has been replicated in all Mexican consulates in the U.S. states, as well as several embassies around the world. Alicia G Kerber Palma, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2025 Elias’ main strategy has been to replicate the success of his former team, the Houston Astros, who reached the AL Championship seven straight years from 2017-2023 while winning two World Series. Paul Bledsoe, Baltimore Sun, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for replicate
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Verb
  • Set in the dystopian society of Gilead, The Handmaid’s Tale follows June (aka Offred) as she’s forced to reproduce with a high-ranking commander, all while secretly plotting to overthrow the totalitarian government and reunite with the daughter who was taken from her.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 23 May 2025
  • The transition occurred partly because amniotes evolved to reproduce with hard-shelled, rather than soft-shelled, eggs.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
Verb
  • Claims from staffers included being penalized for taking medical leave, repeated racial microaggressions and fear of retribution for raising complaints about working conditions.
    Erica Marrison, People.com, 26 May 2025
  • As recently as this week, Trump allies in Congress have repeated a comment made by Trump during his joint address on March 4.
    Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
Verb
  • Government officials believe the impersonator used artificial intelligence to copy Wiles' voice for calls.
    Jordan King Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
  • Many voters in Argentina believed that firm action was needed to correct course on Argentina’s deeply unstable economy; now, other leaders in Latin America, Europe, and the U.S. are seeking to copy Milei’s chainsaw approach to public spending.
    Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Verb
  • All American fans, consider this your two-minute warning: The CW has renewed its long-running football drama for an eighth — but final — season.
    Rebecca Luther, TVLine, 2 June 2025
  • Los Angeles County renews focus on phonics In the last few years, several larger districts in California have started to embrace more structured phonics learning, including Los Angeles Unified, Long Beach Unified and Oakland Unified.
    Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
Verb
  • In fact, without the ocean as a natural buffer, climate change would have already rendered our planet uninhabitable.
    Jenna DiPaolo, Sun Sentinel, 1 June 2025
  • From Feed Hygiene to Discovery Advantage Unlike traditional search ads that appear alongside blue links, AI search ads will be rendered inside conversational answers themselves.
    Kiri Masters, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Verb
  • The design of the line will be duplicated from Solid Power's own pilot production lines in Colorado.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 May 2025
  • Many scenes feel like they’ve been duplicated with near-perfect fidelity, right down to the composition of the shots.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 May 2025
Verb
  • Life is not imitating art for The White Lotus stars Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 4 June 2025
  • One example is the achievement of Heinz ketchup in validating its market dominance by showing how art imitates life, and AI imitates humans.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025

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