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reduplications

noun

plural of reduplication

as in copies

something that is made to look exactly like something else that old-looking colonial mansion is actually a 20th-century reduplication of the original, which was destroyed many years ago

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as in repeats

the act of saying or doing over again ever since I was forced to do a reduplication of a day's work, I've been more conscientious about hitting my computer's "save" button

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Noun

Cyberpunk 2077, which has sold more than 40 million copies, is an open-world action-adventure set in Night City, a megalopolis driven by power, glamour and body modification.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Now, with over 400 million copies sold, the series has been widely adapted into TV shows and films, including one starring actor Jack Black.

— Kat Tran October 8, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of copies

Noun

But the turquoise colour works and the background design is distinctive and well-thought out, alternating between repeats of the club’s badge and the Rosebay Willowherb, which is London’s historical county flower.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Big, bold shapes also had a moment on the step and repeats this week.

— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of repeats

Noun

On the editorial side, this includes the licenses for reproductions in books like exhibition catalogs, scholarly tomes, and even the covers of novels, as well as publications, for news coverage and criticism for exhibitions as well as general use.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
But De Kooning would apply fragments of the reproductions to new compositions, often in different orientations.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of reproductions

Noun

Lee’s lines have the intimacy and metaphysical heft of prayer; their elegant recursions and repetitions call to mind the cycles of life, death, and rebirth.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
The story’s language is incantatory, with repetitions that echo the passing scenery.

— Anna Mebel, JSTOR Daily, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of repetitions

Noun

The film worked extensively to operate under the union’s new rules surrounding the use of digital replicas and AI, especially when new scenes would emerge throughout the four-month production.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
Behind the reception desk, a wall of 109 wooden pigeonholes doubles as an art installation, with some compartments displaying replicas of the property's original room keys and others filled with nautical relics reflecting Naples's coastal allure.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026

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