duplicating

verb

present participle of duplicate
1
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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2
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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3
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duplicating
  1. copying
  2. replicating
  3. doubling
  4. reproducing
  5. repeating
  6. multiplying
  7. rendering
  8. renewing
Verb
  • Even more concerning, the fake installer shows one command on the screen while secretly copying another.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Founder Yang Tao said the goal extends beyond copying human anatomy.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of copying
Verb
  • Rather than replicating the formula of an international luxury chain, Elegance has built its reputation on intimate hotels that celebrate Vietnamese hospitality, thoughtful design, and sense of place.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
  • His work is crisp, playful, and nostalgic, replicating the exact fonts and presentations of centuries-old stylings for businesses and public parks alike.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of replicating
Verb
  • Reaching Portugal’s top-flight league could mean doubling again from there.
    — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • So, the investment also includes a new manufacturing training academy at Joliet Junior College, expanding industrial maintenance training and doubling welding capacity.
    — Megan De Mar, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of doubling
Verb
  • Turning chemical signals into digital instructions Recreating smell presents a different challenge from reproducing images or sound.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The likelier explanation, Seth said, is that the models have absorbed a great deal of information about how humans describe and respond to pain and are reproducing it.
    — Shae Lake, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of reproducing
Verb
  • Reviewers need enough evidence to understand what happened and a way to finish the case without repeating all the work.
    — Swapnil Upganlawar, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • If no candidate can assemble a governing coalition, Israel could head to another election, repeating the cycle of political instability that saw the country hold four national votes between April 2019 and March 2021.
    — Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of repeating
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Halo 4, 5, and Infinite used sci-fi nonsense to transform him into this larger-than-life figure, rendering the rest of the UNSC largely powerless in the process.
    — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Earlier this year, Alta began powering all AI within Rent the Runway’s app—and Rent the Runway saw a 35% increase in engagement after integrating Alta’s styling and rendering capabilities.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of rendering
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Zelenskyy on Sunday said Russia had launched nearly 2,300 drones targeting Ukrainian cities over the past week, renewing his call on Western allies to speed up deliveries of interceptors.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Zelensky on Sunday said Russia had launched nearly 2,300 drones targeting Ukrainian cities over the last week, renewing his call for Western allies to speed up deliveries of interceptors.
    — Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of renewing

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