reduplicating

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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Verb
  • That's technology enabling us to create something that captures the emotional connection of an earlier era without simply copying it.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Using ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini for the same project usually means bouncing between tabs and copying prompts.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2026
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
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
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
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
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
Verb
  • Rather than simply imitating the brain with silicon chips, the approach uses actual neurons to perform computational work.
    — Mike McRae October 19, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026
  • OpenAI denied intentionally imitating Johansson’s voice and later withdrew the feature.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • 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
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“Reduplicating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reduplicating. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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