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duplicate

[doo-pli-kit, dyoo-, doo-pli-keyt, dyoo-] / ˈdu plɪ kɪt, ˈdju-, ˈdu plɪˌkeɪt, ˈdju- /






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The bill may also contain coding errors, duplicate charges or costs that should have been covered.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

"It's focused too much on whether silicon can duplicate a human brain and not enough on the broader question of what kinds of systems can be conscious," he said.

From Science Daily Jun. 24, 2026

A stage adaptation can’t duplicate the way Lumet visually distilled the rough-and-tumble New York zeitgeist of the tumultuous early 1970s.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2026

India's Election Commission says the revision is meant to weed out duplicate or outdated entries and add genuine voters.

From BBC Apr. 12, 2026

Adams would then proceed to call accused number three, and so on, and the whole procedure would duplicate itself until every accused was called in this fashion.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

After removing duplicates of stocks in two or more of the groups, our initial list was made up of 523 stocks.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

The posts have no direct connection to Rare Beauty, according to a spokeswoman, who said the brand doesn’t work with AI-generated creators or duplicates.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Speaking of cost, statisticians have suggested that trying to complete the set at retail alone - accounting for duplicates - will burn a £1,300 hole in your pocket.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

Miguel Sangalang, director of the Bureau of Street Lighting, said there are 33,000 open service requests to fix streetlights across L.A., although some may be duplicates.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 14, 2026

But on the number sphere, the two curves are duplicates of each other; they are mirror images.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Beyond these broad patterns lies enormous individual variation: blood vessels may follow different routes, muscles may be absent or duplicated, and even the folding patterns of the brain differ from person to person.

From Science Daily Jun. 21, 2026

Its first director, John Negroponte, quickly hired hundreds of people who duplicated the job of the analytical side of the CIA.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 2026

Its elements have been duplicated, sampled and reimagined so many times that it now exists in countless forms, offering endless ways in.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

While the United States employs around 30 different weapon systems, Europe has an often duplicated 178.

From BBC Mar. 3, 2026

The find, quickly duplicated in France, caused a sensation.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Countries seeking to protect domestic companies are also duplicating efforts, such as building too many different types of armored vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

Speaking to the BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Dame Emily Thornberry said her committee was investigating the appointment and that she did not want the Privileges Committee to be "duplicating the work we're doing".

From BBC Apr. 27, 2026

Instead, it can draw on existing mental components, recombine them, and avoid duplicating work, a strategy that current AI systems generally lack.

From Science Daily Nov. 28, 2025

You have to do four times the research instead, with many duplicating each other’s work.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2024

To my surprise, he revealed that with the help of his assistant Wilson he had quietly been duplicating some of Rosy’s and Gosling’s X-ray work.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson




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