The phrase "aiming to duplicate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an intention or goal to replicate something, whether it's a process, result, or object.
Example: "The researchers are aiming to duplicate the results of the previous experiment to validate their findings."
Alternatives: "seeking to replicate" or "intending to reproduce".
But for Facebook, it's another example of how the network is aiming to duplicate the functionality of other apps installed on users' devices, and rolling out other features that keep users inside its walls.
Sterile 20% (wt/vol) glucose was infused at a variable rate, aiming to duplicate the PG profile from the OGTT day without DPP4 inhibition.
A potentially more useful focus could include updating and extracting core data and analyses (such as the Global Health Cluster core indicators) from existing information systems, rather than aiming to duplicate or replace them, unless they are not fit for the purpose of rapid analyses during emergencies.
Kansas aims to duplicate the surprising success of its 12-win 2007 season.
Seeking to capitalize on the success of Woodstock -- both the 1969 festival and the hit movie the following March -- promoters in 1970 aimed to duplicate that gathering with their own multi-day, multi-act festivals.
Laparoscopic correction of vesicoureteral reflux aims to duplicate the excellent results of open surgery while at the same time reducing perioperative morbidity and analgesic requirements, improving cosmesis and shortening hospital stay.
Observing an increase in influenza vaccine coverage from 30 to 40% between 2010 and 2011 [ 8], we aimed to duplicate the audit duration each year.
Study your interaction with other coworkers and aim to duplicate your actions across the board.
Then, aiming to maximize the computational performance, the duplicate reads were excluded, minimizing the time used for the de novo assembly of the transcriptome.
However, we should aim to not just duplicate her work, but go one step further and strengthen it so that it is long lasting, helping thousands instead of hundreds.
The integrated system aims to replace and duplicate the performance of conventional vapour compression air conditioning and domestic water heaters, and is designed to operate effectively in hot and humid environments, using a liquid desiccant dehumidifier and indirect /direct evaporative cooling components.
