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replication

[rep-li-kay-shuhn] / ˌrɛp lɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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So singular that it all but defies any kind of tea-leaf-reading or, heaven forbid, attempts at replication.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

There’s little airtight data on the fathering brain; cohorts are small; some results await replication while others confound analysis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

A turquoise William Turnbull sculpture is between them, and another sculpture by Henry Moore is in the background, a seeming replication of Marcia’s stiff stance in her bright pink, floor-length dress.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

Using a cell-based screening system designed to identify regulators of replication stress responses, the team identified a small molecule called UNI418.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 10, 2026

Under this scheme, gene replication starts with the separation of its two identical chains.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

Across the board, the project revealed extremely high replicability rates of their social-behavioral findings, and no statistically significant evidence of decline over repeated replications.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2023

In the new study, however, the researchers’ replications produced effects of similar size to those found by the original labs.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 8, 2023

Science is cumulative, and replications build its comprehensive and credible body.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 10, 2023

Taylor Swift released note-for-note replications of two old albums, allowing everybody a brief opportunity to get mad at an ex-boyfriend she had stopped dating a solid decade ago.

From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2021

And therefore, without replications, let's hear your catch, scholar; which I hope will be a good one, for you are both musical and have a good fancy to boot.

From The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton




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