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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 McInnis and Williams believe nothing can replicate the kind of learning that comes from reading. Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 23 Apr. 2025 The impact of the federal funding freeze at Harvard Dr. Donald Ingber leads scientific and engineering teams at a Harvard University lab, building small devices that replicate the functions and responses of living organs. Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 22 Apr. 2025 Equally important is the emergence of regional institutions that replicate many of the IMF’s crisis-assistance roles. Ngaire Woods, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025 He’s had a career season for Sacramento and will need to replicate it for the Kings to return to the postseason. Kambui Bomani, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for replicate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for replicate
Verb
  • An online fundraiser for the women's coalition reproduced a letter from the Archewell Foundation, which the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, part of the USA TODAY Network, independently verified.
    Sophie Carson, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Kinkade’s enormous 1990s-era success, which saw his work reproduced on everything from collectible plates to La-Z-Boy loungers, dovetailed with the period’s culture war against the sexualization of art.
    Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Soon after, repeat female winner Danielle Marquette of Meridian crossed the finish line.
    Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 20 Apr. 2025
  • While Florida has been a good road playoff team the past two years — going 15-8 overall — that would be a lot of travel in their quest to repeat.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Its origins date back to 19th-century Maine as a term given to someone initiating or copying the work or actions of others.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
  • For example, customer details might be copied into the orders table, eliminating the need for joins when querying orders.
    Arie Abramovici, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Sewell Avery, chairman of Montgomery Ward & Co., refused to renew a union contract on orders of the War Labor Board.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Meanwhile, tenants in the Independence Towers Tenant Union have renewed demands to meet with Ponnezhan.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The supreme court could render a decision on whether Bar remains in office, and for how long, based on technical issues.
    Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2025
  • All of that renders the actual heist more of a chore than an adventure, where more time is spent on the inner workings of a safe than taking advantage of Chekhov’s laser field.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The gas industry would have to duplicate itself in the next 15 years.
    Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • A week later at the Division 1 States, Liu duplicated his winning performance in the 100-breaststroke.
    Danny Ventura, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The Cubs beat the Dodgers 16-0 on Saturday, featuring an entertaining moment in which position-player-pitching Miguel Rojas imitated the deliveries of a few Dodgers pitchers.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Moreover, these models can imitate individuals' or industries' writing styles and wording.
    Kevin Korte, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025

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“Replicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/replicate. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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