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copied

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verb

past tense of copy
1
as in reproduced
to make an exact likeness of for the movie, set designers copied the Oval Office in the White House down to the smallest detail

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2
as in imitated
to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior she shamelessly copies her idol's hairstyle and fashion choices

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Recent Examples of copied
Verb
The lawsuit says Brave crawled and copied content from more than 30 billion webpages in its index without identifying itself or providing the owners of websites any mechanism to block its crawler, according to the newspapers’ complaint. — Molly Crane Newman, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026 The lawsuit says Brave crawled and copied content from more than 30 billion webpages in its index without identifying itself or providing the website owners with any mechanism to block its crawler, according to The News’s complaint. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026 The lawsuit says Brave crawled and copied content from more than 30 billion webpages in its index without identifying itself or providing the owners of websites any mechanism to block its crawler, according to The News’s complaint. — Molly Crane-Newman, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026 Hackers accessed and copied sensitive records belonging to millions of current and former California public school students. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026 The screenwriter alleges that The Holdovers contains a multitude of elements that appear to be copied from Frisco. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026 Once Marion is killed, the rest of the film veers completely into the horror genre, setting up so many iconic moments that have been copied throughout the media landscape. — Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026 Carvajal described the message as material copied from the internet rather than something the participant had written himself. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026 When a medical-device giant copied the technology — despite warnings from its own lawyers about infringement — Acumed went to court. — Coke Morgan Stewart, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for copied
Adjective
  • This creates duplicated infrastructure, inconsistent models, and operational complexity.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The duplicated sets and near-complete location builds enable the filmmakers to make the most of Carol’s house as a setting.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Instead, the conjecture addresses a specific class of quantum computations and the conditions under which their apparent advantage can be reproduced classically.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Altonaga ruled that the dispute required a more developed factual record, particularly because the university’s earlier submissions selectively reproduced statements without providing their complete conversational context.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Anglepoise invented the now ubiquitous and widely imitated adjustable-spring desk lamp in the nineteen-thirties.
    — Nicholas Blechman, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2026
  • There is a reason this movie is a classic, so often imitated and honored by other directors; Kubrick deftly marries the supernatural with the everyday, just as King does in his novels.
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Alves described how black-and-white prints with a photocopied feel, Japanese and Chinese-inspired graphics and animal prints transform basic jeans into pieces worthy of going viral online.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Apatow had with him a chaotic pile of notes—scrawled by hand, photocopied, clearly out of order, some upside down.
    — Adrienne LaFrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The work that was created hundreds of years ago just can't be replicated.
    — Erin Jones, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The six-star motif is then replicated once again in a remix of the outsole pattern, and a co-branded rubber money can be removed from the toe box.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • In some ways, the student movement emulated US civil rights protests in the 1960s.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The executive order is reminiscent of a decision by California to clear the way for name, image and likeness compensation by passing a state law that was quickly emulated by other states.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Summary Leaders are increasingly sounding generic, often using similar buzzwords, a trend exacerbated by AI's ability to generate competent but unoriginal communication.
    — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • No moral panic is more unoriginal than the fear that contemporary men are no longer as manly as the heroes who preceded them.
    — Elizabeth Dray, STAT, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • The fog rendered our headlamps nearly useless, blinding us more than lighting our way.
    — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 11 Nov. 2026
  • These two components are also rendered in black, as is the rest of the sneaker save for hits of silver coming by way of glittery tongue brands, metallic eyestay clips and a portion of the midsole with only a slight amount of luster.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 11 Nov. 2026

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“Copied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copied. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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