duplication
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For almost 20 years there has been talk of councils working together more closely to share overheads and cut duplication - for instance sharing responsibility for road maintenance or back office functions.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
In addition, certain genetic backgrounds showed a striking tendency toward whole-genome duplication, an event in which the complete set of chromosomes is copied.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
Bosses try to limit duplication through projects to share technologies and components.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The Times quotes officials justifying the order by saying it would reduce duplication of effort; our own spies wouldn’t bother recruiting someone if they knew he or she was already an agent.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
One, known only as Klinefelter’s syndrome, involves a duplication of one of the sex chromosomes.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing duplication
It Takes Two: Diplo
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Vocabulary from Readings 4, Unit 1
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