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to use the words or ideas of another person as if they were your own words or ideas
He plagiarized a classmate's report.
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Verb
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That close bond was forged in the mid-1970s when Carter, then the first lady of Georgia, hosted Ford, then the first lady of the country, at the governor's mansion.—
Virginia Chamlee,
People.com,
30 Dec. 2024 -
Despite their differing backgrounds—Mondale, a northern liberal, and Carter, a southern moderate—the two forged a close and effective alliance.—
Amanda Castro,
Newsweek,
30 Dec. 2024
Verb
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For example, a recent United Nations study recently pointed to predictive policing as an example of how racial biases are reproduced through technology.—
Jay Ganglani,
Fortune Asia,
6 Dec. 2024
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Software, fortunately, is easily reproduced and distributed.—
Bill Conerly,
Forbes,
5 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Meta, for example, prohibits users from sharing unoriginal or infringing content.—
Veronica Ramirez,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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Cop and robber party together, share their pained back stories and unoriginal jokes about French cuisine and evade a local police squad known as Pantera.—
Robert Daniels,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Lollapalooza was invented by a boomer.—
Jim Greer,
SPIN,
24 Dec. 2024
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Someone invented the elevator, and so skyscrapers happened, and cities changed forever.—
David Pierce,
The Verge,
22 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The restaurant, for example, serves up traditional American bar eats like burgers, and guests over 21 can imbibe wine, beer, and canned cocktails.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
13 Jan. 2025
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In an interview with U.K. newspaper The Times published on Monday, Dec. 30, Hollywood, 58 — who starred in a 2023 commercial for Lively's canned cocktail brand Betty Booze — said the pair had remained in touch ever since.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
31 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The companies claimed the process was manipulated and the future of steelworkers was sacrificed to advance the president’s political agenda.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Jan. 2025
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The actor who plays Sofia Falcone in the HBO series never went method (unlike some Batman villains), but the part required tapping into a character who has been gaslit, manipulated, and isolated from society in every way.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Today’s leaders should adopt a similar formulaic mindset: Long-term growth comes from re-investing in their organization and in their people to continue building skills, expanding knowledge across their enterprise, and, with the rise in technology, increasing tech fluency.—
Muqsit Ashraf,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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This goes beyond formulaic capsule wardrobe dressing, and instead, relies on individuality and preferences.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Aziz rolled out a summer crime imitative in 2021, shortly after his tenure began.—
Jasmine Hilton,
Washington Post,
30 July 2024
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The Emory oak restoration imitative to preserve groves in the region recently marked its fifth anniversary, Peacey said.—
The Arizona Republic,
The Arizona Republic,
29 Feb. 2024
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“Plagiarized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plagiarized. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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