rep·li·cate
ˈre-plə-ˌkāt 
replicated; replicating
: to undergo replication : produce a replica of itself
virus particles replicating in cells
rep·li·cate
ˈre-plə-kət
rep·li·cate
ˈre-plə-kət
: one of several identical experiments, procedures, or samples
Examples of replicate in a Sentence
Verb
They are working on computer-generated speech that replicates the human voice.
DNA replicates itself in the cell nucleus.
DNA replicates in the cell nucleus.
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Greg Wehner,
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3 July 2026
Human fingertips have over 10,000 receptors to gauge touch, a natural feat that robotics has struggled to replicate.
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3 July 2026
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3 July 2026
The Jevons Paradox will allow humans to move away from robotic tasks and toward work requiring empathy, ethical judgment and complex social intuition—capabilities no model reliably replicates.
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Verb
Its 90,000-base-pair genome enables the synthetic cell to produce proteins, replicate its DNA, feed, grow and divide into daughter cells.
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Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
3 July 2026
Human fingertips have over 10,000 receptors to gauge touch, a natural feat that robotics has struggled to replicate.
—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
3 July 2026
Noun
There is a particular cognitive advantage that no career coach teaches and no MBA program replicates.
—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
3 July 2026
The Jevons Paradox will allow humans to move away from robotic tasks and toward work requiring empathy, ethical judgment and complex social intuition—capabilities no model reliably replicates.
—
Vaibhav Dani,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
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“Replicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/replicate. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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replicate
1 of 2 verb
rep·li·cate
ˈrep-lə-ˌkāt
replicated; replicating
2
: to produce one or more exact copies of itself
DNA replicates in the cell nucleus
replicate
2 of 2 noun
rep·li·cate
ˈrep-li-kət
: one of several identical experiments, processes, or samples
Medical Definition
replicate
1 of 2 verb
rep·li·cate
ˈrep-lə-ˌkāt
replicated; replicating
: to repeat or duplicate (as an experiment)
: to undergo replication : produce a replica of itself
virus particles replicating in cells
replicate
2 of 2 noun
rep·li·cate
-li-kət
1
: one of several identical experiments, procedures, or samples
2
: something (as a gene, DNA, or a cell) produced by replication
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