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replications

noun

plural of replication

as in copies

something that is made to look exactly like something else bought a smaller and cheaper replication of the marble statue for his garden

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as in repetitions

the act of saying or doing over again we'll need to do a replication of that experiment so we can collect more data

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as in responses

something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question his carefully worded replications suggested that he was well aware of the punishment for perjury

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Recent Examples of replications In the lead-up to the last presidential election, academics and tech observers were concerned about the increasing potency of deepfakes, believing that synthetic images and replications of political figures would sow chaos on and offline. — Max Tani, semafor.com, 3 Aug. 2026 Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine recently inked a deal with AI audio company ElevenLabs to produce virtual replications of their famous voices. — Zack Sharf, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025

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Noun

These genomes should reflect the full sequence of both chromosome copies and the diversity of the global population, rather than relying on one person or one ancestral group as a universal standard.

— Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
When the Spider swings past a silverish-gray newsstand filled with copies of the Daily Bugle, the frame becomes black-and-white, even in the color version.

— Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of copies

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

Investigators then measured the strength of their antibody responses against different strains.

— Jason MastOct. 5, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
Mobile messaging relies on push notifications, driving rapid, instinctive responses before an employee’s critical thinking kicks in.

— Firas Azmeh, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of responses

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

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

The stunning failure in Tennessee's execution chamber on Wednesday has left both sides of the death penalty debate demanding answers.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
The stunning failure in Tennessee’s execution chamber on Wednesday has left both sides of the death penalty debate demanding answers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of answers

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

Definition of replicas

Noun

Jason Momoa, Sylvester Stallone, and Luke Bryan flexed different iterations of the Crown’s legendary chronograph, with the trio of timepieces showing just how much the model has evolved since launching in 1963.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2026
The bill has gone through several iterations and overwhelmingly passed the Senate in 2024.

— Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026

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