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“Ten years ago, they were duplicating what others had done,” Boyd says.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 8, 2020

"There were duplicating functions all over the place," he says.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1550 he was sent to rule in troubled Peru, where the Spaniards were duplicating the brilliant exploits of Cortés and his followers.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

"The correspondence of speech," said Basil, giving the boat a sudden turn, and displaying some drooping willows on the shore which were duplicating their graceful branches in the clear waters.

From Dawn by Adams, Harriet A.