REPLICATES Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

replicates

verb

present tense third-person singular of replicate

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 Some may occur randomly when a cell divides and replicates its DNA. — Md Published, Verywell Health, 21 Sep. 2026 The bio-spandex replicates the elasticity and durability levels of conventional petrochemical products. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026 In Desert Sands, May-Vollmar said unlimited Wi-Fi in the classroom replicates the real world for students. — Linda Jacobson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Then replicates those patterns as cities grow—beating competitors to the best storefronts. — Brian Cross, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 This pair from Susanny replicates the look with tie straps and a square toe. — Brooke Knappenberger, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026 For the first three days of practice Miami’s had lengthy special teams and individual unit periods, and then 40-plus minutes of 11-on-11 work, which replicates game-like situations. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026 But what most frustrates her is that Calder’s portrayal of Millennial ennui and directionlessness takes those qualities at face value and, in doing so, replicates them. — Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026 Experts created a curved support structure to place the fragments in the design that replicates the original shape of the vault. — ABC News, 24 July 2026

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Once researchers can send participants home with a device that reliably reproduces sauna-like heat stress, the study pipeline gets longer, cheaper and larger.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
That may sound scary, but adding AI to a broken organization only reproduces the same problems in a faster, more bloated and more expensive form.

— Panos Siozos, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of reproduces

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For the Sk8-Hi, the upper’s medial side hosts both the full Dodgers script and the LA logo, the latter of which repeats at the top of the heel.

— Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
Jean-Michel Basquiat celebrates Hughes with a work on paper that repeats the writer's name to spread awareness of his work.

— Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of repeats

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Still, those details deserve more attention when a new site also copies campaign branding or asks for money.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
This rapid method copies the parasite’s genetic material until there’s enough to detect, rather than trying to grow the organism.

— Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of copies

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Maintaining a positive outlook on the relationship, in contrast, preserves memories and history, but renders the demise of the relationship more painful.

— George Loewenstein, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2026
Black renders the majority of the sneaker, but red rears its head again through speckling on the midsole, TPU flyplate, full medial Swoosh and lining.

— Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of renders

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MacFarlane reprises the role of Ted, Wahlberg is the voice of Ted’s best friend, John; Seyfried voices John’s wife, Sam; and Barth is Ted’s wife, Tami-Lynn.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026
Guy reprises her role of Whitley on Netflix’s A Different World reboot, in which her youngest daughter with Dwayne (Tony winner Maleah Joi Moon) starts her freshman year at Hillman.

— Eric King, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of reprises

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Constantin Brâncuși’s marble-and-limestone sculpture L’oiseau (1923/1947), for example, commands the space, while Wolfgang Tillmans’s 2022 photograph tree filling window imitates an open window in a closed space.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Over the weekend, movie-theater chain AMC Entertainment accused Robinhood of creating an unauthorized market that imitates trading in AMC shares through its overseas platform without the company’s approval.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026

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