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you can't just copy the encyclopedia article verbatim for your report—that's plagiarism
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Recent Examples of verbatim
This sentiment was repeated almost verbatim in a statement from the PSRB.
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Matthew J. Funchion, Hartford Courant, 6 Mar. 2025
Architects and writers alike had to compile catalogues of reliable models, then find ways to imitate them without replicating them verbatim.
—Mario Carpo, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
Shane proceeded to recite the entire show verbatim from memory.
—Darryn King, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Bill Ackman, a hedge fund manager and Trump supporter, repeated Musk’s narrative almost verbatim in a post on X.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 3 Jan. 2025
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Matthew J. Funchion, Hartford Courant, 6 Mar. 2025
Architects and writers alike had to compile catalogues of reliable models, then find ways to imitate them without replicating them verbatim.
—Mario Carpo, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
Shane proceeded to recite the entire show verbatim from memory.
—Darryn King, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Bill Ackman, a hedge fund manager and Trump supporter, repeated Musk’s narrative almost verbatim in a post on X.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for verbatim
Adverb
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In a break from past practice, the government appears to be revoking student visas directly, without warning or due process, attorneys say.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Small business owners like Lin say that even if their services aren’t impacted by tariffs recently announced by the Trump administration directly, consumers’ anxiety about the economy could hit their bottom line.—
Jennifer Liu,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Jake Locker, drafted by Mike Reinfeldt in 2011, couldn’t stay healthy or throw accurately.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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But the full implications of those cuts for the nation’s ability to accurately interpret dynamic changes in the planet’s weather and to predict long-term warming scenarios through its modeling arm in Princeton have not.—
Abrahm Lustgarten,
ProPublica,
24 Apr. 2025
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Stemless Insulated Wine Glass Tumbler $35 $29 Amazon After the bedtime battles are (finally) over, this stainless steel wine tumbler is exactly what mom needs to unwind.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Glamour,
15 Apr. 2025
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Espoused values become meaningful only when enacted consistently, especially under pressure, exactly as Harvard has done in this case.—
Dan Pontefract,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Verbatim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verbatim. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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