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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
The Tennessean has no plans to publish the shooter's writings verbatim and has sought to center coverage on public policy, the victims and the community.
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Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 29 May 2025
While not replicating lyrics verbatim, the outputs often share thematic content, rhyming patterns, and arrangements, effectively creating derivative works.
—Virginie Berger, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Staff are required to read prepared statements verbatim.
—Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 5 May 2025
Hardeman allegedly copied a fellow academic’s dissertation verbatim, with the exception of swapping some names and places, to write a grant application to the National Institutes of Health.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025
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Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 29 May 2025
While not replicating lyrics verbatim, the outputs often share thematic content, rhyming patterns, and arrangements, effectively creating derivative works.
—Virginie Berger, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Staff are required to read prepared statements verbatim.
—Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 5 May 2025
Hardeman allegedly copied a fellow academic’s dissertation verbatim, with the exception of swapping some names and places, to write a grant application to the National Institutes of Health.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for verbatim
Adverb
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Aug. 2025
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Putin appeared to warn European leaders and Zelensky to stay out of the way of what was a work-in-progress, even though the fate of Ukraine impacts them directly.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Stroebel lamented seeing visitors study physical signs along the street that were a few years old and did not accurately reflect the nearby establishments.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
9 Aug. 2025
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When an employee badges into an office but doesn’t actually work there that day, or in some cases, doesn’t enter at all and has someone else swipe in for them, an organization loses its ability to accurately validate an employee’s location.—
Rob Lydic,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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As the probes twinkle on and off, computational models estimate exactly where each molecule is located—and reconstruct a high-resolution image of the sample.—
Katarina Zimmer,
JSTOR Daily,
14 Aug. 2025
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In customer service or routine analysis, AI is consolidating headcount, exactly what Yang warns about.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Verbatim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verbatim. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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