- present participle of duplicate.
duplicating
Example Sentences
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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
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
Having two organisations often duplicating work, they say, led to wasted time and needless costs.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2025
Guthy had made a living duplicating audiocassettes for medical conferences and real estate professionals selling home study programs who would then turn around and sell them to customers for hundreds of dollars on infomercials.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2025
Sophie grabbed a leaflet and noted that it had been produced on a duplicating machine.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
