reduplicates

present tense third-person singular of reduplicate
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as in repeats
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
  • Spoofing happens when a scammer copies someone’s social media profile, such as their name, photos and other details, to create a fake account that looks real.
    Marin Independent Journal, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Think about Nobu — everybody copies their rolls.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The big idea represented in this study is a pattern that repeats itself over and over in human physiology—tissues adapt themselves to the stresses placed on them.
    Peter Mason, Outside, 21 Oct. 2025
  • This story repeats itself, from Nero's Rome to Francisco Franco's Spain.
    Rev. Nathan Empsall, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Hawley even reproduces the kidnapping scene from the film, but with Dorothy as the intended kidnapee.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • And in June, Erdős and Volodymyr Riabov posted a paper that reproduces Yau and Yin’s one-dimensional result for a broader class of band matrices.
    Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The vessel has other eco details such as synthetic teak that replicates authentic teak in both looks and the ability to stay cool underfoot, a bio-resin in the layup, among others.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2025
  • To strengthen local talent, Columbia Basin College in Pasco, Washington, is launching an Energy Learning Center with a simulator that replicates X-energy’s control room.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Hawke renders Hart as the most erudite barfly to buzz around mid-century Manhattan.
    Kyle McGovern, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • There are unanswered overtures from the choir’s pianist Horner (Robert Emms), a soft, vulnerable young man whose conscientious-objector status renders him a fellow outsider.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Powell and Waldron have ideas for a second season when Hulu officially renews the show.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
  • After trial, service renews monthly unless canceled.
    Erin Lassner, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Reduplicates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reduplicates. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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