deduplicate

British

/ diːˈdjuːplɪˌkeɪt /

verb

(tr) computing to remove (duplicated material) from a system

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Other Word Forms

deduplication noun

Example Sentences

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In Wyoming, the state health department had to “deduplicate” thousands of records in its electronic system each month to ensure positive results were counted just once.

From The Verge

ComScore launched Xmedia a few years ago to measure and deduplicate viewers across screens, but that product didn’t specify how many people saw the actual ads.

From The Wall Street Journal

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