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duplicate

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






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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

"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

Approval was then reversed after a review by Maine’s secretary of state found more than 12,500 signatures invalid for reasons ranging from duplicate signatures to signatories not matching local registration rolls.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

“What about an exact electric duplicate of your cat? We can have a superb handcrafted job by Wheelright & Carpenter in which every detail of the old animal is faithfully repeated in permanent—”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

The posts have no direct connection to Rare Beauty, according to a spokeswoman, who said the brand doesn’t work with AI-generated creators or duplicates.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 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

Miguel Sangalang, director of the Bureau of Street Lighting, said there are 33,000 open service requests to fix streetlights across L.A., although some may be duplicates.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 14, 2026

“Before you go out and shop, check all the cupboards,” she said, to avoid buying duplicates.

From MarketWatch Jan. 25, 2026

Everywhere I look I see duplicates of the so-called perfect pattern.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

The Polleux lab has spent more than 15 years studying SRGAP2, one of several dozen genes that were duplicated specifically in humans.

From Science Daily Sep. 1, 2026

Its first director, John Negroponte, quickly hired hundreds of people who duplicated the job of the analytical side of the CIA.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 2026

Its elements have been duplicated, sampled and reimagined so many times that it now exists in countless forms, offering endless ways in.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 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

The climate itself made for an ease of living that could never be duplicated in this bleak, barren countryside.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

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

Speaking to the BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Dame Emily Thornberry said her committee was investigating the appointment and that she did not want the Privileges Committee to be "duplicating the work we're doing".

From BBC Apr. 27, 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

To my surprise, he revealed that with the help of his assistant Wilson he had quietly been duplicating some of Rosy’s and Gosling’s X-ray work.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson




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