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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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Wayfinding signage will direct you to the pedestrian bridge over the canal, which leads directly to Miami Freedom Park and Nu Stadium.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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There are over 50 types of mosquitoes in Minnesota, but Carlson said scientists can predict the population of cattail mosquitoes more accurately.—
Ashley Grams,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Jesse is upset that Michelle won’t talk to Lacy about what their relationship should be like, and Michelle says, quite accurately, that is not her job.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
2 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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An airport offers, if not exactly an equitable experience (there are Clear lines, lounge archipelagos), then at least a perceptible simulacrum of equality, in that everyone rides the same people movers past the same Cinnabons.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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Unfortunately, Omnissa’s data didn’t detail exactly how many crashes both Windows and Mac computers suffered in absolute terms, only that Windows came in behind Macs.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Verbatim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verbatim. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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