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as in reproduces
to make an exact likeness of
replicated the famous painting in our art class
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as in repeats
to make or do again
I can't replicate your results when I do the experiment myself
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Recent Examples of replicates
The poster starts by making some chirping noises, which the cat replicates.
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Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The fractured narrative replicates the characters’ fractured perspectives.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
At its core, DeFi replicates traditional financial services without banks or intermediaries.
—Roomy Khan, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
And in 2024, a team of scientists at Stanford University examined how the COVID-19 virus replicates inside human cells.
—Katarina Zimmer, JSTOR Daily, 14 Aug. 2025
According to this view, if an AI system mimics to a certain degree the computations that give rise to consciousness in the human brain — and so replicates how the brain processes information — that would be one clue that the system might be conscious.
—Mariana Lenharo & Nature Magazine, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2025
Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The fractured narrative replicates the characters’ fractured perspectives.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
At its core, DeFi replicates traditional financial services without banks or intermediaries.
—Roomy Khan, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
And in 2024, a team of scientists at Stanford University examined how the COVID-19 virus replicates inside human cells.
—Katarina Zimmer, JSTOR Daily, 14 Aug. 2025
According to this view, if an AI system mimics to a certain degree the computations that give rise to consciousness in the human brain — and so replicates how the brain processes information — that would be one clue that the system might be conscious.
—Mariana Lenharo & Nature Magazine, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for replicates
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And in June, Erdős and Volodymyr Riabov posted a paper that reproduces Yau and Yin’s one-dimensional result for a broader class of band matrices.—
Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Aug. 2025
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Dynamic magnetism model offers insights beyond plutonium By incorporating temperature-dependent magnetic states, the model accurately reproduces the unusual experimental observation that delta-plutonium contracts at high temperatures.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Aug. 2025
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Elinor soon repeats the information to Colonel Brandon.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
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After that first action, the process repeats, always recalibrating based on the latest available data.—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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As Office alumni branched out, copies begat copies.—
Jesse Hassenger,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Typically said when someone copies a trend, latches onto a friend's obsession, or just teases in a playful way.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
5 Sep. 2025
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Carroll renews his high-profile beef with Jim Harbaugh on Monday night.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Nothing renews a room like a fresh paint job.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
14 Sep. 2025
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The current system of revisions renders an important set of numbers impossible to use.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
7 Sep. 2025
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To put it mildly, Longo is disheartened by the political climate, by the bullying and attacks on democracy, by war, by the language that renders America as a sports team.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
6 Sep. 2025
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Camille Cottin reprises her role as Andréa, the force-of-nature agent from the series who in the film is an aspiring director.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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Meryl Streep as Loretta Durkin Streep reprises her role as Loretta, an actor and now-wife of Oliver.—
Olivia Singh,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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In the second episode, which premiered on August 6, Cartman imitates Kirk with a podcast and debates college students.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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Sometimes art imitates life by skipping a generation.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Replicates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/replicates. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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