replicate
adjective
Also replicated. folded; bent back on itself.
was replicating
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past progressiveof replicate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The next step was replicating that success over his first full season in the majors.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2023
“I wanted to make sure I was replicating water at every instant that it’s constant, that even if somebody is still, there’s still movement that’s percolating in the body,” Silkin says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2022
For instance, Andino said, it’s possible that the virus was replicating in parts of my husband’s or my son’s body that the tests didn’t reach.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2022
Scientists said the gradual "watering down" of HIV meant the virus was replicating more slowly and taking longer to cause Aids in Botswana, the country where the study took place.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2014
She was a member of a religious order that prohibited autopsies, but the doctors very much wanted to know what was replicating inside her.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
