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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
One prime example of this is a system that replicates focus groups.
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Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2025
Autopen defined An autopen is a device that mechanically replicates a signature.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Story could use Trajeckt, a pitching machine that replicates the arsenal of every pitcher in the league.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
The poster starts by making some chirping noises, which the cat replicates.
—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
Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2025
Autopen defined An autopen is a device that mechanically replicates a signature.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Story could use Trajeckt, a pitching machine that replicates the arsenal of every pitcher in the league.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
The poster starts by making some chirping noises, which the cat replicates.
—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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Hawley even reproduces the kidnapping scene from the film, but with Dorothy as the intended kidnapee.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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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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When a person drinks from that source, the cycle repeats.—
Michal Ruprecht,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
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The horse’s magic repeats itself in every room — bright eyes, smiles, awe and shock.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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Think about Nobu — everybody copies their rolls.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
23 Sep. 2025
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As Office alumni branched out, copies begat copies.—
Jesse Hassenger,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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The movement also renews its agreement to hand over the administration of the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian body of independents (technocrats), based on Palestinian national consensus and Arab and Islamic support.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Ambition rooted in personal purpose renews itself.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Concerns that safe storage renders guns insufficiently accessible during emergencies is valid, experts told CNN in a 2021 report.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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This level of violence renders concerns about AI’s racial biases in beauty technology trivial by comparison.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Sep. 2025
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Teoscar Hernández reprises role from last October Shohei Ohtani made the 2024 Dodgers dangerous.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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The actress reprises her role as Wanda Maximoff, aka the Scarlet Witch, in the four-episode series.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Sep. 2025
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If art imitates life, then One Battle After Another is an apt reflection of our absurd times.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Sep. 2025
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Student imitates Charlie Kirk's death and mocks him, goes up to statue where TPUSA members are and imitates his death again, and spits near them.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Replicates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/replicates. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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