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replicates
  • present tense form of replicate (3rd person singular).

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She credits them with creating practices that replicates the type of defense that Texas will play with.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

The wind tunnel model she works on replicates track conditions, testing a scale model of a car in a wind tunnel to determine its performance in different environments.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

Another key difference lies in how the virus replicates.

From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2026

Every time the virus replicates in a host cell, it presents an opportunity for a mutation to emerge.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2025

Science replicates itself by indoctrination, since scientific communities work most efficiently when they are agreed about what they are trying to do.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton