How to Use copy in a Sentence

copy

1 of 2 noun

• The novel has sold more than a million copies.
• She got a job writing advertising copy.
• All copy must be submitted by 5 p.m.
• Sign up for your own copy here.
  — Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 18 Mar. 2026
• Davis has not seen a copy of the book.
  — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
• My copy has stars all over the margins.
  — Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
• The first 300 guests will get a free copy.
  — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
• Give him a copy, and keep one for yourself.
  — Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2026
• Store copies in the cloud and on a secure drive.
  — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 1 June 2026
• The first 2,000 copies sold out in four days.
  — Adrian Miller, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
• Then stop by the cafe to pick up a copy, and maybe a sandwich or three.
  — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
• Free, or $35 for a reserved seat and book copy.
  — La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026
• Free, or $32 for a reserved seat and book copy.
  — La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
• Free, or $33 for a reserved seat and book copy.
  — La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
• Free, or $42 for a reserved seat and book copy.
  — La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
• Free, or $30 for a reserved seat and book copy.
  — La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
• Free, or $20 for a reserved seat and book copy.
  — La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
• Free, or $30 for a reserved seat and book copy.
  — La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
• Free, or $18 for a reserved seat and book copy.
  — La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
• Free, or $29 for a reserved seat and book copy.
  — La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
• Free, or $30 for a reserved seat and book copy.
  — La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
• Free, or $29 for a reserved seat and book copy.
  — La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
• Free, or $42 for a reserved seat and book copy.
  — La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
• Free, or $29 for a reserved seat and book copy.
  — La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
• Free, or $29 for a reserved seat and book copy.
  — La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
• Free, or $30 for a reserved seat and book copy.
  — La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
• Free, or $30 for a reserved seat and book copy.
  — La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
• Free, or $30 for a reserved seat and book copy.
  — La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
• Free, or $32 for a reserved seat and book copy.
  — La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
• Free, or $30 for a reserved seat and book copy.
  — La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025

copy

2 of 2 verb

• Copy the file to your hard drive.
• The speech was copied word for word.
• We caught him copying out of the book.
• We caught him copying the answers out of the book.
• She copied the design on a piece of paper.
• Their competitors soon copied the idea.
• His music was copied widely.
• The bills are designed to prevent copying by counterfeiters.
• This team doesn’t need to copy last year’s.
  — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
• Get the right heroes and copy them.
  — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 1 Jan. 2026
• Don’t copy and paste your resume.
  — Colleen Batchelder, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
• Because if our law holds, it will be copied.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
• Stay the course, don’t try to copy other sports.
  — Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
• It may get bought, sold, copied and refreshed.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026
• Drag a file in, and it will be copied to the cloud locker.
  — PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
• Nor should there be one about what was copied, how often, or to what end.
  — Molly Crane Newman, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
• The easy move is to copy what others are doing.
  — Gary Shapiro, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026
• The ones who copy you are already behind.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
• Drake and the Weeknd hadn’t made a song that someone copied.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 18 June 2026
• He can’t be copied because his own work is so eclectic.
  — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
• Your boss may just end up copying your work outfit.
  — Kelsey Stewart, Glamour, 17 June 2026
• But core values can’t be copied and pasted.
  — Jayson Jenks, New York Times, 8 May 2026
• That’s why other states are starting to copy it.
  — The Week Us, TheWeek, 11 May 2026
• The thing being copied is the asset.
  — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
• The center doesn’t need to copy populist rhetoric.
  — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
• And there’s no doubt that when people know, a lot will want to copy that same style.
  — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 9 July 2026
• The lesson, in her view, is not to copy a playbook but to build one.
  — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
• Want to copy Lily Collins’s festive look?
  — Naomi De Oliveira, Glamour, 16 Dec. 2025
• My teacher taught me how to graph out the image and copy it, square by square.
  — Aaina Bhargava, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
• Do not copy someone else’s capsule.
  — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2026