Definition of replicatenext
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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 During that remark, the mayor covered his face with his hand, appearing to replicate Brunson's celebration but then transitioned the gesture into a wipe of his face. Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026 No single model can be replicated in different conflicts. Galip Dalay, Time, 6 Jan. 2026 Cost will be another obvious obstacle to replicating the MBS Stadium or others in the Saudi Arabia World Cup plan. Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026 And, perhaps for the design’s sake, the original architects, Daniel Burnham and Frederick Dinkelberg, decided to replicate the terrace feature on the floor below. Kim Velsey, Curbed, 5 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for replicate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for replicate
Verb
  • One ecosystem reproduces itself through procedure; the other through attention.
    Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • This article originally appeared in Spektrum der Wissenschaft and was reproduced with permission.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • But those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Jan. 2026
  • In its statement to NPR, DHS again repeated the claim about Retes, who is preparing a civil lawsuit against the federal government to recover damages for his rights being violated.
    Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 31 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The software involved is open-source, meaning it can be freely copied or adapted by others.
    Joe Wertz, Arkansas Online, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Big data models learn by copying existing actions—how to fold clothes, write a dissertation, or create a video of a pig hoverboarding through space—by parsing previous examples and extrapolating similar behavior.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Ebrahimi’s death has also renewed attention on the case of another Iranian boxer, Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, who is on death row.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • In December 2023, all four members—Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa, and Rosé—renewed their group contract with YG Entertainment.
    Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The pill his team developed, YCT-529, works by blocking a vitamin-A-dependent protein essential for sperm growth, temporarily rendering men infertile without affecting their testosterone levels and thereby potentially introducing related side effects.
    Ana Castelain, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Supporters of the pardon power further assured their colleagues that impeachment would furnish a corrective to any overuse of pardoning, underestimating the extent to which the modern party system would render this nearly impossible.
    Bernadette Meyler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • But anyone’s likeness can be duplicated by AI and you can be made to be doing pretty much anything.
    Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
  • With payments of settlements and legal fees, except in clear physical injury cases, most defendants do duplicate reporting, so that a check payable jointly to plaintiff and lawyer will be 100% reported to the plaintiff, and 100% reported to the lawyer.
    Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, previously said in a statement that accounts imitating other people go against their terms of service and are removed when flagged.
    Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 26 Jan. 2026
  • These fake sites are made to imitate genuine Google support pages.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026

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“Replicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/replicate. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.

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