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as in copied
to make an exact likeness of
art students trying to duplicate paintings in the museum's collection as part of their training
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as in replicated
to make or do again
we were unable to duplicate the experiment in our own lab, so we're suspicious
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as in doubled
to make twice as great or as many
the recipe can be easily duplicated in order to feed a large family
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Recent Examples of duplicated
Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026
The duplicated sets and near-complete location builds enable the filmmakers to make the most of Carol’s house as a setting.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
Sean Gentille, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Microsoft took months to fix Remote Desktop disconnection issues, then shipped a Windows Update that wiped out Copilot, and released updates that duplicated the Task Manager and created a nasty system recovery bug.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 29 Jan. 2026
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
My goal is to make this the best program out there, so it's duplicated over and over again.
—Kaley Fedko, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
Some states, including Michigan, were backstopped by their own laws that duplicated at least part of the federal protection.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
His track record of never having a losing season in 19 years will likely never be duplicated.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026
That lack of clarity protects failure from exposure and inhibits successful programs from being duplicated.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
The Venetian concert experience was duplicated in 2001 to commemorate the city’s 75th birthday, with a similar concert held for its 90th, according to Pantin and the city’s website.
—Miami Herald, 24 Nov. 2025
Adjective
This creates duplicated infrastructure, inconsistent models, and operational complexity.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026
The duplicated sets and near-complete location builds enable the filmmakers to make the most of Carol’s house as a setting.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
Verb
Often imitated, never duplicated.
—Sean Gentille, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Microsoft took months to fix Remote Desktop disconnection issues, then shipped a Windows Update that wiped out Copilot, and released updates that duplicated the Task Manager and created a nasty system recovery bug.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 29 Jan. 2026
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
My goal is to make this the best program out there, so it's duplicated over and over again.
—Kaley Fedko, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
Some states, including Michigan, were backstopped by their own laws that duplicated at least part of the federal protection.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
His track record of never having a losing season in 19 years will likely never be duplicated.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026
That lack of clarity protects failure from exposure and inhibits successful programs from being duplicated.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
The Venetian concert experience was duplicated in 2001 to commemorate the city’s 75th birthday, with a similar concert held for its 90th, according to Pantin and the city’s website.
—Miami Herald, 24 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duplicated
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Because if our law holds, it will be copied.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Even Target’s decision to use money saved by white-collar job cuts to boost pay for store workers is copied from Walmart, which pivoted faster to digital sales and boosted wages under the protection of its billionaire family, the Waltons.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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The goal is to use the workshop element as a model that can be replicated in community arts organizations around the world.—
Deborah Vankin,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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To prove that Claude was just hamming it up, Nostalgebraist replicated the experiment under more convincingly realistic circumstances.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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That doubled to 60% for the mid-year assessment The data also shows year-over-year improvements across the majority of grade levels and student demographics in both subjects.—
Lacey Beasley,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the proportion of Americans living with a total knee replacement doubled.—
Chris Pope,
Washington Post,
10 Feb. 2026
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Apatow had with him a chaotic pile of notes—scrawled by hand, photocopied, clearly out of order, some upside down.—
Adrienne LaFrance,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.—
Allegra Goodman,
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026
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No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Here are 10 spectacular viewing locations for this rare celestial event, which won't be repeated anywhere on Earth until New Year's Eve 2028-2029.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Chapman expressed concern that such errors could be repeated in the future, and that similar lawsuits could be costly to a city already in a fiscal crisis.—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The questions multiplied, each driven by the same instinct to protect and survive.—
Adrianne Wright,
Fortune,
11 Feb. 2026
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Barclays estimates that after only four years of ownership, L’Oréal has already multiplied Prada Fragrances by five times to more than 500 million in revenues at the end of 2024.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Until this year, a box of Festinger’s documents—communications with colleagues, research notes, transcribed telephone conversations—in his archives at the Bentley Historical Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan, remained sealed at the request of his widow, Trudy.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
17 Dec. 2025
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In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Jordan lays out how Windom refused to answer multiple questions during a transcribed interview in June and a required deposition in September.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Nov. 2025
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“Duplicated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duplicated. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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