How to Use duplication in a Sentence

duplication

noun

• He sent the manuscript out for duplication.
• Please eliminate duplication when combining the lists.
• Shulkin said one of the jobs of the new accountability office will be to make sure there’s no duplication of effort.
  — Jeanette Steele, sandiegouniontribune.com, 27 Apr. 2017
• Remember, though, that the point of the prevention, duplication, and backup steps are to give you options.
  — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 13 May 2017
• In fact, less than 10 percent of the toxin genes clearly arose through duplication and mutation.
  — Christie Wilcox, Scientific American, 10 July 2017
• The little trick arose due to a mutation known as whole-genome duplication, in which the species has an entire extra copy of genetic material.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 14 Aug. 2017
• In a press release, Ivey said the move is a step toward eliminating unnecessary duplication of services.
  — Mike Cason, AL.com, 17 Aug. 2017
• The agreement, according to the news release, was designed to maximize resources and reduce duplication of efforts.
  — Cathy Locke, sacbee.com, 14 June 2017
• If there’s hesitation – or sometimes there’s a duplication of jobs – that’s when opportunity presents itself.
  — Kevin Allen, USA TODAY, 15 May 2017
• That seems to be duplication and a waste of time and money.
  — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 5 Jan. 2024
• The stolon still isn’t an exact duplication of the stock.
  — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2023
• With Tony Pollard in line for a hefty role in the screen game and beyond, Dallas might not want the duplication.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2020
• What might look like a non-event is in fact an attempt to avoid a duplication of effort.
  — The Economist, 28 June 2018
• Since the Pixel is Google’s phone, that type of app duplication isn’t a problem.
  — Lisa Eadicicco, Time, 11 Dec. 2017
• One item duplication glitch works by quickly swapping out the items fused to Link’s arrows, but that’s the slow and very finicky way.
  — Ash Parrish, The Verge, 22 May 2023
• Week 1434, the grandfoals -- tends not to have so much duplication, because so many of the horses are puns in themselves, and so they can be played on in more ways.
  — Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2021
• With this rapid growth there has been duplication of roles and job functions in certain areas.
  — Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 15 Apr. 2024
• The substance of their work—the duplication of religious texts—helped sustain the Church’s legacy.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 6 July 2022
• Maul said the Red Cross closed chapters to reduce duplication.
  — Douglas MacMillan, Washington Post, 16 July 2023
• Howard has been doing this for 30 years, ever since an unknown event resulted in the duplication of the world and all of its people.
  — David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Jan. 2018
• Erickson devised more than three dozen puzzles to avoid too much duplication from one hunt to the next.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2021
• Retrantransposons make a copy and shuttle that replica to its new home, expanding the size of the genome with each duplication.
  — Megan Molteni, Wired, 7 July 2020
• When both versions of the Grand Cherokee were being produced, there was a duplication of some parts, for instance.
  — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2022
• The chief executive officer cited duplication of roles and the need to reduce cost as reasons for the cuts in the memo seen by Bloomberg News.
  — Dana Hull, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024
• The county has used the duplication process in the past in cases where something was spilled on a ballot, but has never had to duplicate votes at this scale.
  — Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 12 May 2022
• Whole genome duplication events occur when two species’ genomes collide to form a new, larger genome, encompassing all the traits of the two parental species.
  — Serina Desalvio, Discover Magazine, 18 Nov. 2023
• On Wednesday, Jackson said the situation could lead to a lot of duplication for both sides.
  — Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2018
• Computer duplication is only one way that the Concorde is planned as the world's safest aircraft.
  — J. A. Maxtone Graham, Popular Mechanics, 24 Sep. 2020
• The condition is characterized by duplication of bones.
  — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2024
• Some ballots, like those cast by voters who requested them via email, require manual duplication onto standardized forms before they can be counted.
  — Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2024

Last Updated: 13 Sep 2024