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as in to reproduce
to make an exact likeness of
replicated the famous painting in our art class
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Recent Examples of replicate
That emotional shortcut is hard to replicate in other marketing channels.
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Wyles Daniel
june 4, Idaho Statesman, 4 June 2026
The deal appears aimed at replicating something like what Nike built with Jordan Brand over the last three decades.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 4 June 2026
The team successfully replicated this impact-resistant effect in styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) rubber, which is commonly used in shoe soles, asphalt, and roofing.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
Alongside Barcelona’s Frenkie de Jong, there was Liverpool’s Ryan Gravenberch and Reijnders of Manchester City in an effective three-man midfield against Algeria, one that will almost certainly be replicated throughout the World Cup.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 3 June 2026
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Wyles Daniel
june 4, Idaho Statesman, 4 June 2026
The deal appears aimed at replicating something like what Nike built with Jordan Brand over the last three decades.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 4 June 2026
The team successfully replicated this impact-resistant effect in styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) rubber, which is commonly used in shoe soles, asphalt, and roofing.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
Alongside Barcelona’s Frenkie de Jong, there was Liverpool’s Ryan Gravenberch and Reijnders of Manchester City in an effective three-man midfield against Algeria, one that will almost certainly be replicated throughout the World Cup.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 3 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for replicate
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Their goal is to reproduce a 1919 eclipse experiment that measured how the sun’s gravity bends the light from distant stars and confirmed Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity, according to the Spanish Scientific and Advisory Committee for the Trio of Eclipses.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
6 June 2026
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Star of Bethlehem reproduces through underground bulbs and bulblets.—
Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2026
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People left theaters repeating lines, sharing jokes, and reliving scenes with their fam.—
Datwon Thomas,
VIBE.com,
6 June 2026
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Richard Pryor, a Bruce acolyte, eventually concluded after a visit to Africa in 1979 that repeating the n-word hadn’t diluted it at all.—
Donie O'Sullivan,
CNN Money,
6 June 2026
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The technology copies tone, speech patterns, and accents closely enough that many people can't tell the difference between a real voice and a fake one.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2026
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Rather, the independent events copy each other’s formats and operate as a grassroots ecosystem that supports local music.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
9 June 2026
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The fee, which was set to expire after one year unless renewed by the administration, was the first of several administrative changes aimed at tightening rules and regulations around the popular high-skilled visa program.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
8 June 2026
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Indiana declined to renew a license for CRE8 Pharmacy Group, which had acknowledged compounding retatrutide.—
Daniel Gilbert,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
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Sometimes, this means an actual death is rendered on the page, but not always.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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However, the after-effects of the fire — smoke damage in staff areas, and the sprinkler system needing to be reset — rendered the building temporarily unsafe for people or animals.—
Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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Creating parallel capabilities overseas risks duplicating existing infrastructure while diverting attention and resources from the interventions most likely to bring the outbreak under control.—
Krutika Kuppalli,
STAT,
5 June 2026
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Forté wrote that policies governing standards of care and inmate complaint procedures are already in place, along with processes outlined in the department’s collective bargaining agreement, and argued that several provisions in the ordinance duplicate existing frameworks.—
Ben Wheeler
June 4,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2026
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Another attractive use for machine learning is to train a model to imitate other models.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 June 2026
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His use of jocular names for detention centers has been imitated by other Republican governors creating state facilities to be used by ICE.—
Eric Schlosser,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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“Replicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/replicate. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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