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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

Resuming his polio project after the war, he concluded by the early 1950s that eradication would only be achieved if transmission could be prevented through halting viral replication in the gastrointestinal tract.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

The researchers found that excess EXO1 destabilizes newly formed DNA through two main mechanisms, expanding single-stranded DNA gaps and degrading reversed replication forks.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 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

Even if Linus was somewhere near the right structure, the odds seemed against his getting near the secret of gene replication.

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

The original researchers communicated with one another only via a project manager to try to keep the replications as independent as possible, to reflect the usual conditions when researchers attempt to replicate another group’s work.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 8, 2023

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

From Scientific American ● Jul. 10, 2023

But decades later many who knew him still feel protective, and recent replications have unleashed, along with fond memories, skepticism and even rage.

From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2021

By my troth, ye will anger me: now ye have the pattern, ye should call me nothing but Mistress Sheriff; for I tell you I stand upon my replications.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by William Carew Hazlitt


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