as in copy
something that is made to look exactly like something else
walked through a reproduction of the interior of the Parthenon as it must have looked when it was first built
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Recent Examples of reproduction
In 2026, with high-end TVs now delivering more than enough brightness and resolution for most consumers, manufacturers are likely to focus on wider color reproduction and other improvements that result in a more vivid, lifelike picture.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
This implantation used a lab matrix that was not designed for in vitro fertilization (IVF), but the study’s authors said the new footage of the reproduction stage could potentially inform better IVF techniques.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 23 Dec. 2025
Over time, Yorke’s views on the original-versus-reproduction dichotomy have softened.
—Zoe Si, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
After the Spike skirts these questions, even as the authors clearly recognize that their logic could be weaponized to justify all sorts of practices, including those that roll back individual rights by restricting access to contraception or by limiting education about reproduction and childbirth.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
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Noun
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Rawlings' office provided a copy of it to The Enquirer upon request.—
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The film’s star, Whitney Houston, would deliver a version that became the world’s best-selling single that year, shifting some 25 million copies, and winning several Grammys.—
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The original bell was replaced on the underwater ship with a replica, engraved with the 29 sailors' names on it.—
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The private museum also has a replica of Sputnik 1, Project Apollo displays, and an Engine Evolution area that lets visitors get a close-up view of rocket engines and jet turbines.—
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“Reproduction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reproduction. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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