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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 The future belongs to those who combine technological fluency with creativity, discernment, and leadership—the qualities that machines still struggle to replicate. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025 No ad budget can replicate that kind of advocacy. Erik Huberman, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025 For the first three tests of the year, Starship, which stands about 400 feet tall, struggled to replicate the successes of its test flights in 2024. Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025 Stone floor and walls host medal features, including detailing that replicates the diamond on the Chicago Bulls’ shorts and Philadelphia’s historical markers. Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for replicate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for replicate
Verb
  • Available in 9-karat and 18-karat yellow and white gold, the pendant and chevalier ring come with a cast kit to take the pet’s nose print, which is then reproduced on the jewels by the brand’s goldsmiths.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
  • For example, being able to reproduce data and always staying open to new interpretations.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Roan repeated the phrase, prompting members of the crowd to chant along.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2025
  • That first-quarter mishap wasn’t repeated.
    Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The company maintains that its system analyzes music to learn compositional techniques, not to copy sounds verbatim.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Users typed a url in the navigation bar, or typed a search query in that same space—a feature that Opera first pioneered but which was soon copied by Google—and the browser takes the user to that web address or a search results page, which displays a list of links.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Season 1 is set to bow in October, with Season 2 — which was recently renewed — rolling out new episodes through 2027.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Ballard was just renewed for a second season, and there’s always The Lincoln Lawyer on Netflix.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • False or deceptive votes and/or acts will render the respective Finalist ineligible.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • If enough satellites are in orbit, this debris could set off a chain reaction, rendering the environment around Earth practically impassable.
    Big Think, Big Think, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Arizona State may not be good enough to duplicate last season’s success, but the Sun Devils this week passed a significant test.
    Doug Haller, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Some of the new parental rights policies, born out of anger over claims that districts are trying to indoctrinate children, actually duplicate processes that already existed.
    Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Some will welcome it; there is certainly an argument that the attempts to imitate Guardiola’s style, playing from the back against high-class opponents with a plan to press them into mistakes, led to some coaches leading their teams like lambs to the slaughter.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • In an instance of art imitating life, the film's soundtrack also achieved great success as the highest-debuting soundtrack of 2025 on the Billboard 200.
    Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025

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