Used in a Sentence

replicants

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for replicants.

Editorial note

Maybe they will be similar like the replicants in blade runner and each have a scripted past instilled into them.

Examples14
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(science fiction) A robot or artificial being that is an exact copy of a genuine lifeform, especially a human.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of replicants gathered in one view.

noun

(science fiction) A robot or artificial being that is an exact copy of a genuine lifeform, especially a human.

noun

(archaic) One who replies.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for replicants.

noun

(science fiction) A robot or artificial being that is an exact copy of a genuine lifeform, especially a human.

noun

(archaic) One who replies.

Example sentences

1

Maybe they will be similar like the replicants in blade runner and each have a scripted past instilled into them.

2

Most humans have already abandoned Earth, which is one reason replicants are openly doing work-a-day jobs.

3

Those are the numbers that should disgust you, not some neon‑soaked metaphor about replicants.

4

I was watching it the other day, and noticed that the incept dates of some of replicants were 2016.

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Recall this line from Blade Runner: > Replicants are like any other machine.

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Hot failover and scalable read-only replicants are a big selling point for MySQL.

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We need blade runners to identify the replicants among us and remove them.

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We’re the blade runners of this generation, spotting the replicants in the posts.

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The Tyrell Corporation retires its replicants after 4 years to mitigate their suffering.

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Most people seem to think that replicants are detected because they are unemotional.

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Now we just need some actual replicants and a little bit more smog in SoCal and we'll be all set!

12

Wasn't Nexus 6 the last model of replicants in Blade Runner?

Quote examples

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The existence of replicants is a pretty compelling demonstration of the flexibility it affords: any view can be marked as "replicable" and then copied onto the desktop or any other replicant target.

2

Hilarious comment on the drupal issue - why not to use replica: "In the name of all replicants, I protest the use of the word 'replica' in such a demeaning way.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use replicants in a sentence?

Maybe they will be similar like the replicants in blade runner and each have a scripted past instilled into them.

What does replicants mean?

(science fiction) A robot or artificial being that is an exact copy of a genuine lifeform, especially a human.

What part of speech is replicants?

replicants is commonly used as noun.