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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
Here's that explanation, verbatim from the company: The DNA symbolizes the importance and impact of science to Neal Milch.
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Dec. 2025
Cassie notices when posts restate their title verbatim in the body or use em dashes, as well as when a poster has terrible spelling and punctuation in their comment history but posts something with perfect grammar.
—Kat Tenbarge, Wired News, 5 Dec. 2025
In the film, Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall play Hujar and Rosenkrantz, and the script is drawn verbatim from the transcript.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
And while many of the pages are copied verbatim from Wikipedia, there are notable changes on topics relating to Musk, his enemies and allies, and his far-right politics.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Dec. 2025
Cassie notices when posts restate their title verbatim in the body or use em dashes, as well as when a poster has terrible spelling and punctuation in their comment history but posts something with perfect grammar.
—Kat Tenbarge, Wired News, 5 Dec. 2025
In the film, Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall play Hujar and Rosenkrantz, and the script is drawn verbatim from the transcript.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
And while many of the pages are copied verbatim from Wikipedia, there are notable changes on topics relating to Musk, his enemies and allies, and his far-right politics.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for verbatim
Adverb
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All four returning astronauts went directly to the hospital after splashing down in the Pacific near San Diego.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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These models from China are directly competing with video generation models such as OpenAI's Sora, as well as robotics models from Nvidia and Google.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2026
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Still, Choula said, long-distance caregivers are often grappling with not having enough information to accurately assess their parents' needs.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
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Although its exact origins can’t be accurately traced, curling is a sport believed to have originated in the 16th century.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Today, some Vietnamese still practice intricate methods to produce black, glassy teeth; however, researchers previously struggled to identify exactly where this intriguing custom originated.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Feb. 2026
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Much is still unknown about the details inside the investigation and exactly what evidence detectives have collected.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Verbatim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verbatim. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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