reproduces

verb

present tense third-person singular of reproduce
1
as in propagates
to bring forth offspring mice reproduce at a much faster rate than humans do

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2
as in replicates
to make an exact likeness of you'll have to reproduce that design on every tile in the bathroom

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3
as in remembers
to bring back to mind I can almost reproduce the information in my head, but not quite

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Recent Examples of reproduces My 11-inch iPad Air reproduces The Last Ronin and other color comics far better. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026 Basquiat makes an image, reproduces it, cuts it up and gives it another life. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Once researchers can send participants home with a device that reliably reproduces sauna-like heat stress, the study pipeline gets longer, cheaper and larger. — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026 That may sound scary, but adding AI to a broken organization only reproduces the same problems in a faster, more bloated and more expensive form. — Panos Siozos, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Naked mole rat colonies have a hierarchy that loosely aligns with body size, where only the largest females have a shot at becoming queen—and only the queen reproduces. — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 26 Aug. 2026 Balsam Hill achieves the life-like branches using its signature True Needle technology that reproduces the texture and shade variation found on natural trees. — Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2026 The jumping cholla is a cactus that reproduces via the spread of clones. — Philip Anderson, The Conversation, 8 July 2026 Unlike conventional gaming headsets that primarily separate audio into left and right channels, Spherephones reproduces sound from above, below, behind, and in front of the user. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 2 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reproduces
  1. propagates
  2. replicates
  3. remembers
  4. multiplies
  5. copies
  6. recalls
  7. breeds
  8. renders
Verb
  • Through their business The Fig Hunter, founded in 2021, the couple propagates unique varieties like Shasta Cranberry and Amen’s Citron from cuttings taken in unlikely spots such as culverts and pavement cracks.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The policy semantics and how a mandate propagates once delegation turns multi-hop, machine-initiated and cross-organizational remain implementation problems.
    — Dr. Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of propagates
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  • In that sense, New Stanford replicates an ancient form of patriarchal bias that casts men as the norm and women as an atypical other.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have developed a robotic arm that replicates aspects of human touch perception.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of replicates
Verb
  • In contrast, Karmy-Jones said Brand remembers very little of the women and manipulated his account after reading the prosecution’s case.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Abbott remembers being assigned East of Eden during high school, where many readers first discover the great American writer’s work.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of remembers
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  • Venus spends all month in a supportive sextile with Jupiter, which multiplies your blessings through the sheer force of your support network.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026
  • In microbiology, a colonizer is an organism that multiplies without causing symptoms, immune responses or disease.
    — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of multiplies
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  • Check what a website actually copies A website's Copy button can place different text on your clipboard than what appears on the page.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Someone else copies them for free and undercuts their pricing before the training run has even paid back.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of copies
Verb
  • Alongside church traditions, the album recalls Terry Riley’s minimalism, in which the repetition of musical patterns produces a kind of hypnotic stasis.
    — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Device for Exhaling the Tremor (2025), a large sculpture by Celeste Martinez Abburra, explicitly recalls the stainless steel and glass beakers of a chemistry laboratory.
    — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of recalls
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  • No response breeds panic Police cars and firetrucks crowded the streets as Michelle neared the school.
    — Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Recruitment has been good at collecting young talent, but that doesnt help the short term and breeds frustration for not being appropriately competitive to start the year.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of breeds
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  • Using photogammetry, a technique which renders 2D surfaces into 3D models, and game engines, Montoya directs a virtual drone that hovers over the ruins of cities and its strange, frozen residents.
    — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Cinematographer Lukasz Zal, who also shot Ida and Cold War, renders Fatherland in the same satiny black and white, as well as the same serenely squarish, or Academy, aspect ratio.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of renders

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