REPRODUCING Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

reproducing

verb

present participle of reproduce

as in propagating

to bring forth offspring mice reproduce at a much faster rate than humans do

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as in copying

to make an exact likeness of you'll have to reproduce that design on every tile in the bathroom

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as in remembering

to bring back to mind I can almost reproduce the information in my head, but not quite

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Recent Examples of reproducing While many inland striper fisheries are managed via annual stocking of fingerlings, Texoma stands out because its stripers are reproducing naturally. — Ken Perrotte, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026 The sargassum that began reproducing in the region earlier than usual this year stems from a record 40 million metric tons reported last year. — ABC News, 31 July 2026 The herd is one of only two found to be reproducing in increasingly hotter Florida waters. — Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026 How are prices set, and how do those prices avoid reproducing the procedural bias already deforming American medicine? — Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 Koons’s company was also ordered to pay $12,500 for reproducing an image from the artist’s website, while the publisher was ordered to pay $2,300 for selling a book containing images of the work. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026 By reproducing Campbell’s soup cans and Marilyn Monroe portraits at industrial scale, Warhol collapsed the distinction between commerce and culture, suggesting that mass production and repetition could become a form of value in itself. — Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 21 July 2026 Even trickier, the diarrhea can seem to clear before flaring up again because the parasite is still reproducing in your gut. — Angela Haupt, Time, 20 July 2026 But because of the article first, and then reproducing that in film, 30 to 40 million people knew the story. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2026

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Instead, Shanahan recommends layering, a method of propagating new plants from a still-living thyme specimen.

— Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 11 Aug. 2026
Mai is propagating more than 170 varieties collected from refugees around the world, helping preserve these precious grains while studying which are best suited to our changing climate.

— Laura Mclively, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of propagating

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Sweeping multilateral regulatory approaches, such as the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, are losing their efficacy as other major markets, including China, cease copying the EU playbook.

— Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Still, copying what an older woman did isn’t necessarily the same as learning from her.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of copying

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That long growth period is worth remembering for perspective owners drawn in by photos of enormous adult cats.

— Pat Mueller, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026
Saturday Night Live‘s Kenan Thompson is remembering his former All That co-star Christy Knowings, who died Tuesdat at 46 after being taken off life support following a devastating asthma attack.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of remembering

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Executive suites around the world have treated artificial intelligence as a magical, turnkey panacea—a single software deployment capable of magically cutting operating expenses, multiplying labor output and delivering immediate margins.

— Ivan Illan, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Despite his manic efforts to smash and spray them out of existence, the ever-multiplying cockroaches eventually overwhelm him.

— Asim Ali, Time, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of multiplying

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The challenge facing Iraola and De la Torre is replicating that at one of the biggest clubs in the world, where expectations are huge and time is at a premium, with just over a week left until the Premier League season begins.

— Andy Jones, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Real-world experience in professions may be a quality that AI is incapable of replicating, a new study suggests.

— Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of replicating

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According to a notice on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's website, the manufacturer is recalling certain vehicles because the oil reservoir could detach.

— Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
The car manufacturer is also recalling another 107,000 vehicles in Canada, Mexico and other markets outside of North America over the same issue, according to the company's notice.

— Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of recalling

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Most biologists believe that wallows are not essential for breeding rituals, pointing to elk areas where there are few, if any, wallows.

— Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 12 Aug. 2026
And as Mike [Van Nostrand] says, if people were breeding more reptiles that may take pressure off of the poachers.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of breeding

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Russia is slowly edging towards its territorial goal of taking the Donbas – albeit through rendering the remaining ground held by Ukraine uninhabitable through horrific drone strikes on all signs of civilian and military life.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Restore screenwriter Scott Frank’s original idea of rendering the past in black and white.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 16 Aug. 2026

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