duplicate - use in sentences

Object

  • bug: Duplicate the bug; if you cannot, mail the person who submitted it and ask them to clarify.
  • layer: You could just leave it there - however try this: Duplicate the layer you have just added the filter to.
  • entry: Multiple users from one company should mean an end to duplicate entries, too.

Converse of object

  • eliminate: Unlike a set theoretic union the PROforma union operator does not eliminate duplicates.
  • remove: We are now removing these duplicates by merging in the Oxford data.
  • delete: I've found deleting duplicates seems to fix this pretty readily.

Adjective modifier

  • exact: I'm guessing that degeneration means the new cells aren't exact duplicates of the cells they replace, kind of like accelerated aging.

Modifies a noun

  • posting: And why does the archive duplicate current postings on the main weblog page?
  • copy: Opening the same route twice now creates a duplicate copy of the route within the database.
  • entry: Duplicate entries will be sent to stand in the naughty children's corner, then deleted.
  • certificate: No charge will be made for this duplicate certificate.
  • ticket: The promoter will not issue duplicate tickets for lost or stolen tickets.
  • packet: For some WAN networks the default value may be too short, causing unnecessary duplicate packets to be sent.

Present participle complement

  • exist: Other items, including journals and discussion & working papers, will also move to the SSL unless they duplicate existing SSL holdings.

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