Replicate usually takes a direct object or appears in passive structures with by. In often introduces a place, field, or medium rather than forming a fixed verb pattern.
Use replicate something for copying or reproducing something. Use replicated by in passive constructions to name the method or agent. Replicate in usually introduces a location, field, or medium.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Replicate commonly takes a direct object without a preposition.
By introduces the agent or method in passive clauses.
In usually introduces a context or environment, not a fixed verb pattern.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
Replicate usually takes a direct object.
✕ replicate in the model ✓ replicate the modelBy can introduce a method, but not the thing copied.
✕ replicate by the data ✓ replicate the dataBy works naturally in passive clauses.
✕ The team replicated by automation. ✓ The process was replicated by automation.In normally adds location or context information.
✕ replicate in the results ✓ replicate the resultsChoose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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Usually no. Replicate commonly takes a direct object.
By is common in passive structures to name the method or agent.
Yes, when in introduces a field, environment, or location.
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