DUPLICATING Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

duplicating

verb

present participle of duplicate

as in copying

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 replicating

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 doubling

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 duplicating Engineering is done once, allowing the second team to focus its efforts on new initiatives instead of duplicating work. — Andy Zosel, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026 The country plans to expand LNG capacity from 77 million tons per year to 142 million by 2030, and duplicating that infrastructure isn’t feasible. — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026 Rather, each pair should serve a distinct purpose instead of duplicating another one already hanging in the closet. — Alesandra Dubin, Glamour, 31 July 2026 Detroit still has Cade Cunningham, but duplicating last season will be tough. — David Aldridge, New York Times, 2 July 2026 Fiber-optic, first-person view (FPV) drones have become a key weapon in the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah’s war against Israel in recent months – bypassing Israel’s sophisticated defense systems by duplicating an asymmetric warfare tactic that first emerged in the Russia-Ukraine war. — Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 28 June 2026 Creating parallel capabilities overseas risks duplicating existing infrastructure while diverting attention and resources from the interventions most likely to bring the outbreak under control. — Krutika Kuppalli, STAT, 5 June 2026 But Elliott’s openness to the idea of duplicating a move his father made 25 years ago was greeted with near-unanimous approval online. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 24 May 2026 Then a bipartisan team will remake the ballot in a process known as duplicating. — Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026

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Rather than simply copying that, but with a slab of batteries under the cabin, the Fiat Multiplay explores the idea of a vehicle that’s adaptable, transforming from a three-row people carrier to a pickup.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 13 Oct. 2026
The company said a self-copying AI built on small models would spread slowly, with the number of infected devices doubling every few days, but would be hard to stamp out once loose.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of copying

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The stop is part of the president’s broader swing through traditionally red states, a strategy one Republican source told The Hill is aimed at replicating his presidential election turnout for the midterms.

— The Hill Staff, The Hill, 14 Oct. 2026
The tailoring brand was founded in Osaka in 1954 and got its start replicating Ivy League style.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of replicating

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SkyTwin aims two identical modules at the same target, doubling the light so fine detail shows up sooner.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
Gross profits jumped 10% (from £182 million to £200 million) although post-tax profits were down 15%, partly due to the tax on profit more than doubling, from £14 million in 2024 to £29 million last year.

— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of doubling

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In 2003, however, Kember made a splash with Forged Prescriptions, a re-release that favored fuller mixes and extra overdubs which the band had jettisoned owing to the difficulty of reproducing them.

— Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
Future work will examine whether reproducing more of the intestine’s physical and chemical conditions can help maintain bacterial activity and improve performance.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of reproducing

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In other words, the hat is a shape that can infinitely tile, or cover, a 2D surface without ever creating a repeating pattern.

— Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2026
Sneakers are also generally off-limits, as are white, ivory, and anything that could be mistaken for bridal (a rule at every wedding, of course, but worth repeating).

— Corinne Pierre-Louis, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of repeating

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The transform works by summing a bunch of signals and multiplying each by a special exponential factor.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
Certificate lifespans are shrinking, machine identities are multiplying across cloud and AI systems and expectations around cryptographic governance are increasing.

— Amit Sinha, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of multiplying

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First responders arrived on site to find community members rendering medical aid to those who were injured, Moses said.

— Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Path tracing is an advanced form of ray tracing that's among the most demanding graphics-rendering techniques today, often requiring upscaling and frame generation to achieve a playable frame rate.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of rendering

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AutoGov takes care of regular tasks like renewing licenses, paying bills, and booking routine health appointments.

— Inzamam Rashid, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
Cable and telco giant Rogers Communications recently chose against renewing the broadcast of Saturday night National Hockey League games on the CBC, a Hockey Night in Canada tradition for the public broadcaster begun in 1952.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026

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