as in to reproduce
to copy an idea, a piece of writing, etc., from someone else
She cribbed a line or two from her favorite poet.
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Recent Examples of crib
Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2025
The film’s core theme, that random events shape our fate and everything could have been different, is cribbed from Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Blind Chance (1987).
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
Safe sleep recommendations for babies include laying them down on their back instead of their stomach on a firm mattress in their own space, like a crib or bassinet.
—Maria Godoy, NPR, 5 May 2025
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Verb
If Indiana’s football coach, after cribbing the Prime Method, is worth $8 million annually through 2032 to the Hoosiers, shouldn’t Sanders be worth at least as much for hoisting the Buffs back onto the college football map?
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2025
The film’s core theme, that random events shape our fate and everything could have been different, is cribbed from Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Blind Chance (1987).
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
Noun
Next come the gadgets: the Snoo, a shimmying bassinet that allegedly makes babies sleep for at least an hour longer than a typical crib; the Nanit, an eye-of-Sauron-style video monitor; Owlet, a sock-like heart-rate and oxygen sensor that turns your baby’s crib into a mini NICU.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
Safe sleep recommendations for babies include laying them down on their back instead of their stomach on a firm mattress in their own space, like a crib or bassinet.
—Maria Godoy, NPR, 5 May 2025
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Set in the dystopian society of Gilead, The Handmaid’s Tale follows June (aka Offred) as she’s forced to reproduce with a high-ranking commander, all while secretly plotting to overthrow the totalitarian government and reunite with the daughter who was taken from her.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
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Per court documents obtained by PEOPLE, the band alleged that the use of the 1994 was unauthorized, along with the company reproducing an advertisement that was very similar to the 2002 music video directed by Spike Jonze.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
22 May 2025
Noun
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The 6-week-old baby was found lying in her bassinet.—
David Schutz,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2025
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Next come the gadgets: the Snoo, a shimmying bassinet that allegedly makes babies sleep for at least an hour longer than a typical crib; the Nanit, an eye-of-Sauron-style video monitor; Owlet, a sock-like heart-rate and oxygen sensor that turns your baby’s crib into a mini NICU.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
5 May 2025
Noun
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The brother and sister duo, both from Little Rock, sat at a booth along the midway, each offering their own unique services: Dailey braids hair while Reynolds paints faces.—
Parker Mancino,
Arkansas Online,
18 May 2025
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People were dancing on top of a taxi booth while a Busta Rhymes song blasted out of a speaker.—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
Verb
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And what if an amazing Jewish émigré scientist—Richard Dreyfuss, say—had already invented the technology?—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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Now, the Entity intends to annihilate humanity in four days unless it can be taken offline by a key that accesses a gizmo in the Arctic Sea that connects to a whatsit that Ving Rhames’s weary Luther is attempting to invent from a makeshift hospital bed somewhere in the subway tunnels of London.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
Noun
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This is a custom layer within the mattress designed to adapt and cradle sleepers at any position.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
9 May 2025
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Image Cardinal Parolin grew up in Schiavon, a small town in the northern Italian region of Veneto that is known as a cradle of popes.—
Jason Horowitz,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
Noun
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The city has sued a handful of property owners seeking to label their properties as public nuisances under the state's bawdy house statute.—
Mary Spicuzza,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
31 Oct. 2019
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There was probably at least one bawdy house, but it isn’t mentioned.—
Arthur Hart,
idahostatesman,
7 Apr. 2018
Noun
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But how many big men check both of those boxes (and stay healthy, which puts Joel Embiid somewhat out of that conversation)?—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
27 May 2025
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Forget the delicious big box bakeries and popular cookie chains.—
Chyna Blackmon,
Charlotte Observer,
27 May 2025
Verb
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All platforms manipulate users to keep them scrolling.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
23 May 2025
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Attackers can design prompts that insert malicious instructions through seemingly innocent prompts, manipulate the model to reset its understanding of its role or subtly influence the model's output by feeding misleading information or context.—
Etay Maor,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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“Crib.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crib. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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