replicate
verb/ˈrɛplɪkeɪt/
Frequency rank: #7,258 most common English word
Meaning
to copy or reproduce something exactly; to repeat a process in order to verify results
Example sentence
Scientists tried to replicate the experiment in a different laboratory to confirm the results.
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