I. verb
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work
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It's obvious from the apparatus what he's been doing, and any competent biologist could duplicate the work .
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This duplicates the work of the Federal Register.
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Give the plant a lot of bright light, to duplicate outdoor conditions.
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Scientists raced to duplicate Fleishmann's experiments.
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A number of them are duplicated in Windows 3.1 and these are more up to date versions.
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She then instructed her subjects to duplicate these postures as precisely as possible.
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So we shall have copies of errors being duplicated in the population.
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Social-science research on stepparent families has underscored the point that biological ties are surprisingly difficult to duplicate .
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Such a request would be unusual in public law applications as it would duplicate the role of the guardian ad litem.
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The strategy worked, and Mr Rysavy began duplicating it at other officesupply stores that he bought.
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The version provided says that it will duplicate software that early versions of CopyIIPC will not.
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To properly duplicate the Green Bay aura, we are looking for cities, counties or clusters of towns of similar size.
II. adjective
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copy
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Complete the application for an official search using a carbon for the duplicate copy comprised in the one form.
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A duplicate copy of the invoice will be retained by the builder's surveyor for record purposes.
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We went back inside and signed the indentures, the scrivener cutting the parchment into three and keeping a duplicate copy .
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I am so particularly pleased with these, that I should feel much gratified by possessing a duplicate copy of each.
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It's a good idea to keep duplicate files on floppy disk.
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Most of the savings would come from cutting duplicate corporate operations and staff.
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The elimination of duplicate support positions.
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The elimination of redundancy means that database searches do not return duplicate sequence information.
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Using object replication, it automatically generates duplicate versions of objects on multiple disks with negligible overheads.
III. noun
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make
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Master locksmiths can make duplicates of most keys - including those for cars, safes, padlocks, etc.
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When a tape is full, make a duplicate of it for storage elsewhere. 3.4.2.
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The typewriter, carbon-paper and the camera have made duplicates of important papers readily available.
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a duplicate of the key
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I only have one house key, but I'll have a duplicate made for when you visit.
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But they began searching for a distant location to store duplicates of some of the more vital records and equipment.
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I wanted that card to complete the set, so ruefully handed over twelve of my duplicates.
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Many, indeed, were duplicates.
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Rather, their duplicates develop during embryogenesis in entirely different ways to form highly differentiated bodies.
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The official document was still laid out on the centre of the table alongside the first few lines of his handwritten duplicate .
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This was a reserve duplicate of those now running.
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When a tape is full, make a duplicate of it for storage elsewhere. 3.4.2.