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replication

[rep-li-kay-shuhn] / ˌrɛp lɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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Whether it’s borrowing from earlier artists, repurposing comics, or creating a series of mirrors, Lichtenstein’s focus on image replication is thoroughly documented in this show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

This was not a direct replication of the pearling study, but it provides another tool for investigating how axon size is controlled.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 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

A turquoise William Turnbull sculpture is between them, and another sculpture by Henry Moore is in the background, a seeming replication of Marcia’s stiff stance in her bright pink, floor-length dress.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

Simon Schaffer’s account of Newton’s experimentum crucis; again, the claim that replication was a social artefact turns out to be false.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

But replications take time and effort and the experiments are resource-intensive and cannot happen overnight.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 29, 2026

Across all 64 replications, 55 found the same effect as the original study—an 86% replication rate.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 8, 2023

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

From Scientific American ● Jul. 10, 2023

The typical replication period in a healthy person would be just a couple of weeks, instead of many months; fewer replications mean less opportunities for new mutations.

From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 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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