REPLICATE Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

replicate

verb

ˈre-plə-ˌkāt

Definition of replicate

as in to reproduce

to make an exact likeness of replicated the famous painting in our art class

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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 Tom Knapp, the Versant cable network’s executive vice president, hopes to replicate the original series’ success for a younger generation. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026 Maybe Curry is still technically better and the shooting is always going to be a threat in a way others can’t replicate. — Zach Harper, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 The show also pokes fun at the late 1990s and early 2000s liberal cultural consensus that was upheld in other popular culture of the time while also both replicating and subverting stereotypes of suburban Southern white Americans. — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Aug. 2026 What also didn’t aid Benson is that the Chiefs had their quarterbacks use a silent count in Tampa to replicate a true road environment. — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for replicate

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Repeating this process can be time-consuming and difficult to reproduce.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
The team then ran thousands of simulations, testing which combinations of globular cluster properties and dark matter distributions could reproduce the stream's observed brightness and shape.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of reproduce

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Dean recalled in 2016 after the couple renewed their vows for their 50th wedding anniversary.

— Paris Close, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
My belief in the promise of the United States is endlessly renewed by the rich experiences of diverse people who moved to this nation for safety, freedom and opportunity.

— Patrice Onwuka, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2026

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Some soldiers distinguished themselves by helping to render emergency trauma response and first aid to civilians, earning individual service commendations, according to the Arkansas National Guard.

— Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2026
The class also requires students to design, analyze and render complex 2D and 3D graphics, modeling, texturing, lighting and animation across multiple styles of video games.

— Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

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That Robert Zemeckis film will never be duplicated or topped, but there’s a difference between these films worth teasing out.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
O’Neill said physical branches remain critical for advisory conversations that apps and AI tools cannot duplicate.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of duplicate

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But in a case of life imitating art, the show’s entire publicity strategy was inadvertently wrecked by a real-life aristocrat, after reports leaked that Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, was being eyed for a role in the series.

— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
But from Ossoff, who cuts a more wholesome figure and doesn’t imitate the president, the attacks are more surprising—and therefore perhaps more effective.

— Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2026

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