Definition of replicatenext
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as in to repeat
to make or do again I can't replicate your results when I do the experiment myself

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Recent Examples of replicate When the annual baseball holiday rolled around again on April 15 this year, Chisholm sought to replicate the look. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026 The team's research shows how to move beyond measuring the strength of coffee alone to produce a more complete flavor profile cafés can replicate. Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026 Weinzierl hopes that Varda’s partnership with United Therapeutics turns into a successful proof of concept that could then be replicated. Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, 15 May 2026 The device, called the Jellyfish Magnetic Soft Robot (J-MSR), is built to replicate how real jellyfish move through coordinated contraction and relaxation. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for replicate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for replicate
Verb
  • According to the specs, the Spectra 6 can reproduce up to 60,000 colors with better saturation and contrast than any previous e-ink tech.
    Joe Salas May 17, New Atlas, 17 May 2026
  • The moisture can create a perfect haven, if bacteria is present, to reproduce when the baked potato cools down while wrapped in foil and hits a temperature of 135 F to 41 F.
    Lauren David, Southern Living, 16 May 2026
Verb
  • Kelvin, Celsius, Fahrenheit, the man repeated.
    Weike Wang, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
  • When the company investigated, the same issue had been repeated across a majority of the homes one of our many subcontractors worked on.
    Rick Tollakson, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • The maybe-2028 presidential hopeful went on to boast that other states like New York are looking to copy a law California passed last year that regulates large language models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot.
    Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2026
  • Mouth Inflammation The cells in your body need B12 to copy their DNA correctly.
    Brandi Jones, Health, 19 May 2026
Verb
  • Trump made the announcement in a social media post on Monday after threatening over the weekend that time was running out for Iran to strike a deal or fighting would renew.
    Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2026
  • Focus on developing a disciplined, ongoing capacity to adapt, learn and renew.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • The beautiful array of their divergent sizes and pelts coalesced as oils on canvas and rendered their exploits almost dreamlike.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
  • Nvidia’s GPUs, first developed in 1999 for rendering graphics on computers and gaming consoles, function by breaking complex computing problems into smaller tasks and resolving them simultaneously.
    Matthew Chin, CNBC, 19 May 2026
Verb
  • Then a bipartisan team will remake the ballot in a process known as duplicating.
    Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
  • According to an internal memo to employees Tuesday, the segmentation of employees often led to duplicate or redundant work, with different teams working on similar projects.
    Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • Researchers will wear sensors while carrying out laboratory tasks, allowing the system to capture movements, workflows, and decision-making patterns that robots can later imitate.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026
  • What makes the campaign especially convincing is that each stage imitates familiar Apple, Google or Microsoft software behavior many Mac users already trust and routinely encounter.
    Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026

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“Replicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/replicate. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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