replicate
adjective
Also replicated. folded; bent back on itself.
replicating
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present participleof replicate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Around 3 a.m. one night, they observed one of their viruses successfully replicating, and infecting and killing bacterial cells.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
By replicating the action of this hormone, GLP-1 drugs have proven highly effective at managing type 2 diabetes and promoting weight loss.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026
Fans love replicating a well-known scene from Andor.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
He has issued numerous written statements on policy matters but is far from replicating the one-man rule of his father.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Cancer, perhaps, is an ultimate perversion of genetics—a genome that becomes pathologically obsessed with replicating itself.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
