1
as in to reproduce
to make an exact likeness of reduplicate a recording of the concert for my friend

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as in to repeat
to make or do again found out halfway through the project that I was reduplicating another team member's efforts, so we had to figure out who was going to do what

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Verb
  • The disease is considered a highly invasive tumor in the central nervous system because its cells reproduce extremely quickly.
    Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 23 July 2025
  • The name McKim, Mead & White evokes the image of three portly, middle-aged men, because the most frequently reproduced photograph of the trio was taken around 1905, when all three partners were in their fifties.
    Henry Wiencek July 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
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  • And the cycle of inequity repeats over and over, especially for people who were never invited into those rooms to begin with.
    Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
  • Add to that the many original performers repeating their roles, the constant callbacks and the non-stop nostalgia, and the result is less a continuation than an exercise in fan service.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 2025
Verb
  • But its decision to copy a Chinese artificial intelligence lab in 2025 in an effort to compete with OpenAI backfired, forcing the company to overhaul its AI strategy.
    Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 29 July 2025
  • Silent Crow, one of the groups, said on Telegram that its members copied the airline's entire database of flight history, audio recordings, internal calls, and surveillance data.
    Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 28 July 2025
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  • In an era where ideas and initiatives are easily replicated, speed and continuous refinement have become essential competitive advantages.
    Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
  • Mamdani’s success is certainly about his prodigious gifts as a politician, but those aren’t easily replicated.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 18 July 2025
Verb
  • Overwatering reduces oxygen in the soil, which damages fine roots and renders the plant unable to take up water.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 18 July 2025
  • No one else was hurt, the sheriff said, and the bomb squad has rendered the scene safe.
    Alex Stone, ABC News, 18 July 2025
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  • For his part, Steve Cates still is holding out hope his insurance company will renew his policy.
    Peter Aldous, Miami Herald, 20 July 2025
  • The Hollywood Reporter reported that Fox chose not to renew Dash’s contract in 2017.
    Nicole Briese, People.com, 19 July 2025
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  • Perhaps the Lake Bluff streakers heard of those at CLC and wanted to imitate them.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2025
  • The park’s hub-and-spoke design has been copied by parks around the world, but the caliber of Disneyland’s craftsmanship wasn’t easily imitated.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 18 July 2025
Verb
  • In an attempt to address the issue of athletes losing out on awards, the CIF moved forward May 27 with a plan that duplicates the awards when a transgender athlete wins a competition.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
  • His firstborn carried his name and came the closest to duplicating his success in the ring.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 7 July 2025
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“Reduplicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reduplicate. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.

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