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replication

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


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So singular that it all but defies any kind of tea-leaf-reading or, heaven forbid, attempts at replication.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

Approval should rest on targeted clinical studies showing comparable therapeutic benefit, not on demonstrating molecular replication of the reference drug, as in the large-molecule biosimilar paradigm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Resuming his polio project after the war, he concluded by the early 1950s that eradication would only be achieved if transmission could be prevented through halting viral replication in the gastrointestinal tract.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

Most of the viral genome contains instructions for structural proteins, but it also encodes several specialized proteins required for replication.

From Science Daily ● May 13, 2026

The tricky, unsolved thing is how to get the polymers to arrange in membranes and invent replication.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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

From Science Daily ● Mar. 29, 2026

In the new study, however, the researchers’ replications produced effects of similar size to those found by the original labs.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 8, 2023

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

From Scientific American ● Jul. 10, 2023

Taylor Swift released note-for-note replications of two old albums, allowing everybody a brief opportunity to get mad at an ex-boyfriend she had stopped dating a solid decade ago.

From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2021

No more replications or rejoinders, sir, down with the dust.

From Rookwood by William Harrison Ainsworth


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