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- noun Plural form of
replicant .
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Examples
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In the film, police officers must track down and kill fugitive "replicants" -- genetically engineered androids intent on bypassing their built-in expiration dates.
Archive 2006-04-01 Mac 2006
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The 1982 cult classic, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, was set in a future where man has created clones called replicants who are used for dangerous work.
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Harrison Ford played blade runner Rick Deckard in Scott's 1982 classic about a guy who terminates "replicants" - human clones.
Forbes.com: News E.D. Kain 2011
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The 1982 cult classic, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, was set in a future where man has created clones called replicants who are used for dangerous work.
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The original movie was set in 2019 when humans have created clones called replicants, some of which rebel and are hunted down by Ford's character.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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The Saturdays being described as replicants might be slightly catty but it chimes with what I think of them hence my post.
unknown title 2009
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The Saturdays being described as replicants might be slightly catty but it chimes with what I think of them hence my post.
unknown title 2009
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The Saturdays being described as replicants might be slightly catty but it chimes with what I think of them hence my post.
unknown title 2009
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In a 21st century Los Angeles, a world-weary cop tracks down a handful of renegade "replicants" (synthetically produced human slaves).
John W. Whitehead: Orwell Cinema: Living in the Land of the Blind 2008
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Most stories regarding androids Dick's term, rather than "replicants" that the movie uses being hunted are told from the android's point of view.
Archive 2008-11-01 Fred Perry 2008
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