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

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2
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
  • As natural landscapes are converted to agriculture or taken over by urban sprawl, logging operations and oil and gas exploration, ecosystems become fragmented and the space that species need to survive and reproduce disappears.
    Karrigan Börk, The Conversation, 13 May 2025
  • In March, the internet went briefly wild over the ability to use 4o to reproduce cute family photos in the style of Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli.
    Kelsey Piper, Vox, 12 May 2025
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  • The male repeats this behavior a few times before walking and then running around the female.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025
  • This puts a major dent in their chances to repeat and jeopardizes their chances to compete next season and possibly beyond. Celtics star and 2024 Finals MVP, Jaylen Brown, was defeated in losing his partner in crime.
    Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
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  • To Goldsborough, the fact that Joker's behavior got copied by his peers reveals the strength of these monkeys' drive to learn from others, even if the behavior doesn't completely make sense or have an obvious, immediate benefit.
    Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 19 May 2025
  • But many others require clinicians to copy and paste transcripts, adding friction instead of removing it.
    Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
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  • Elias’ main strategy has been to replicate the success of his former team, the Houston Astros, who reached the AL Championship seven straight years from 2017-2023 while winning two World Series.
    Paul Bledsoe, Baltimore Sun, 21 May 2025
  • As an organism grows older, and its cells continue to replicate, the chances of cancerous mutations increase.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 May 2025
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  • Every explosion, landscape, and detail is rendered with breathtaking clarity, making your gaming sessions more immersive than ever.
    StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 20 May 2025
  • This global sourcing approach, along with its main customer base focused in North America, renders Lowe’s susceptible to trade disruptions and tariffs.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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  • The Sacramento City Unified School District board voted 6-0 to allow St. Hope Public School 7 and Sacramento Charter High School to renew their charters.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 21 May 2025
  • Warner encourages renewing the sense of and appreciation for the human.
    Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Verb
  • Christians are to imitate Christ, the true Good Samaritan, called to view all as nothing less than kin in sin and in the promise of salvation.
    Anna Rowlands, Time, 12 May 2025
  • Volunteers rappelled from the top of a building as sirens went off and firecrackers erupted — apparently to imitate shelling in one drill in the Indian port city of Mumbai.
    Diaa Hadid, NPR, 7 May 2025
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  • The Royals have not been as publicly adamant in their stance to duplicate the current funding mechanism through the county, and Lucas and his office have been more involved in talks with the Royals than the Chiefs.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2025
  • Pittsburgh will be hard-pressed to duplicate last year’s 55-52 mark at the All-Star break, though two months remain on the schedule before the July 15 game at Atlanta’s Truist Park.
    Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
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“Reduplicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reduplicate. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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