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duplicate

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






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U2 has said that both of the shorter releases stand alone, and will not duplicate songs from the eventual full-length set.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

"A single national testing body offers common security standards, technology, candidate services and result procedures. Creating many new agencies could duplicate costs and produce uneven safeguards," he told PTI news agency.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

Existing law allows community colleges to create up to 30 new bachelor’s degree programs a year if they don’t duplicate CSU, UC or private four-year offerings.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

Instead he checked the stone elephant statue in the corner—a tiny duplicate of the one in Portland.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

Brands issue warnings as more creators use avatars and duplicates of themselves to boost affiliate sales.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 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

This includes Medicare and Medi-Cal explanations of benefits, monthly statements, hospice and medical visit records, and all duplicates.

From MarketWatch Jan. 27, 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

She knew I was lying—I could tell because when Dad came in unexpectedly and asked why she was copying the returns, she said the duplicates were for her records.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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

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

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

Dorsey’s lieutenants often clashed in his absence, leading to teams with duplicated roles and resources.

From The Wall Street Journal 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

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

And then he added thoughtfully, “We really ought to have a duplicating machine.”

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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