reduplicating

Definition of reduplicatingnext
present participle of reduplicate
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as in repeating
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reduplicating
Verb
  • The director’s boss also began copying Amber on emails requesting data.
    Chris Lipp, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Big data models learn by copying existing actions—how to fold clothes, write a dissertation, or create a video of a pig hoverboarding through space—by parsing previous examples and extrapolating similar behavior.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Then, while breathing through your mouth, allow the solution to flow in and drain out the opposite nostril before repeating on the other side.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
  • But history, which has a funny way of repeating itself, suggests otherwise.
    Stephen Mihm, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • After rendering a contemporary Native American community in specific, surreal, often hilarious detail in Reservation Dogs, Sterlin Harjo turned to noir with The Lowdown.
    Judy Berman, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
  • This method also had the practical downside of rendering my colander unusable for straining the rigatoni for my Wednesday-night pasta alla vodka.
    Alma Avalle, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • To create the new estimate, scientists conducted experiments replicating core temperatures and pressures, using iron as a stand-in for the liquid metal core.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
  • For one thing, having an arsenal of outfits that people cannot stop thinking about (and replicating) decades later.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The development of European cartography was driven by the Age of Exploration from the 15th to 17th centuries and entrepreneurial activities associated with reproducing and selling maps.
    Melinda Laituri, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2026
  • If some species can continue reproducing even under challenging conditions, that resilience could buy ecosystems valuable time.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The facility drew widespread national attention last month after a photograph of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, wearing a blue bunny hat as he was led away by officers, spread online, renewing concerns about conditions inside Dilley.
    Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Their eventual choice will rent out the entire building — a building that also stopped renewing leases at an apartment property next door to create even more space.
    Sam McDowell Updated February 13, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, previously said in a statement that accounts imitating other people go against their terms of service and are removed when flagged.
    Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Broncos fans have rallied around their backup quarterback, with thousands of fans changing their social media avatars to a picture of Stidham’s face, photoshopped with sunglasses and headphones, imitating a LeBron James meme.
    Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • But current and former leaders of foster care agencies told the Tampa Bay Times last year that the claims were exaggerated or false, and that the Hope Florida program was duplicating existing efforts in child welfare.
    Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
  • McGee offers the example of duplicating triangle points by adding a prep faucet near the refrigerator.
    Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2026
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“Reduplicating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reduplicating. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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