duplicate
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The popularity of the item has led to duplicate and counterfeit squishy toys being sold online and in shops and stalls.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
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
While some of those were due to duplicate entries or deceased voters, many were also removed for “logical discrepancies” flagged by software such as too-large families or improbable age gaps between parents and children.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
“Oh, the smell of sheepskin! The elegant feel of the scroll unrolling beneath my hooves. You simply can’t duplicate it in something like that” He nodded indignantly at the guidebook in Jason’s hand.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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The justice department has said in response that "NOTHING has been deleted", adding that documents were withheld only if they were "duplicates, privileged, or part of an ongoing federal investigation".
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
Under the law, the Justice Department can withhold files if they are duplicates; fall under attorney-client privilege; could hurt a continuing investigation or are completely unrelated to the Epstein and Maxwell cases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026
“Before you go out and shop, check all the cupboards,” she said, to avoid buying duplicates.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 25, 2026
As these duplicates spread through overlapping communication paths, networks become congested and data begins to queue, significantly increasing delays.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2026
Instantly there were some heavy tablets in it, signed by Aristotle, a parchment signed by Hecate, and some type-written duplicates signed by the Master of Trinity, who could not remember having met him.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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The two studio lots also boast dozens of soundstages; century-old fortresses that would not be easily duplicated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Heartland believes it can reduce 12% of the combined operating expenses through eliminating duplicated overheads, notes analyst Ben Crozier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
Nevertheless, some of the works involved are "especially popular and duplicated many times online", making it difficult to exclude them completely from training data.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
While the United States employs around 30 different weapon systems, Europe has an often duplicated 178.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
It was one of the rooms that had been re-created on the soundstage, and the team was impressed by how well the set designers had duplicated it.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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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
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
The commission says the US company whose system it used maintained that "duplicating a voter on the voter list is impossible, as each voter is registered only once".
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2024
A hit meant duplicating the last three figures of the Stock Exchange’s printed daily total of U.S. domestic and foreign sales.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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