as in to reproduce
to copy an idea, a piece of writing, etc., from someone else
She cribbed a line or two from her favorite poet.
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as in bassinet
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as in bawdy house
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Recent Examples of crib
Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Neither did TikTok, nor did most of the creators whose words were cribbed.
—Shannon Bond, NPR, 10 July 2025
Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2026
Take, for instance, another viral clip from the past week — this one from the baby monitor perched above Aiden Maracigan's crib.
—ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Noah is constantly making sermons or toasts cribbed from Talmud for Netflix Subscribers.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Neither did TikTok, nor did most of the creators whose words were cribbed.
—Shannon Bond, NPR, 10 July 2025
Noun
Peach’s parents would have had to bring even more had Villa Maronti not come equipped with a crib, tub, high chair, play pen and diaper genie.
—Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2026
Take, for instance, another viral clip from the past week — this one from the baby monitor perched above Aiden Maracigan's crib.
—ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crib
Verb
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With a hundred and forty-one residential projects in development and twenty thousand new residents projected for the neighborhood by 2035, the city is attempting to reproduce the idea at building scale.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Unlike paintings or sculptures, prints can be reproduced, easily shipped and stored, and sold affordably.—
John P. Murphy,
ARTnews.com,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Going from a bassinet to a crib to a toddler bed to a junior bed takes away the need to find something new for your growing child to sleep on.—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
7 Apr. 2026
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According to the agency, the bassinets’ attachment mechanism can create a dangerous gap between the bassinet and an adult mattress, creating a hazard for infants.—
Jenni Fink,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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There’s almost this wink at the end where Fanny says, By the way, Charles brought our son to bawdy houses so he could be educated just as Charles was.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Oct. 2025
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The city has sued a handful of property owners seeking to label their properties as public nuisances under the state's bawdy house statute.—
Mary Spicuzza,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
31 Oct. 2019
Noun
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Now Serving booth at this year’s Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on April 18 and 19 at USC.—
Laurie Ochoa,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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For his part, Alamariu is also skeptical about Iran’s attempt to de-dollarize the oil trade with its current toll booth arrangement for the Strait of Hormuz.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Will Inter Miami have to re-invent some of its fan base with the move south?—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2026
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Horvath also had a hand in inventing PhenoAge in 2018 and GrimAge in 2019.—
Lindsey Leake,
NBC news,
5 Apr. 2026
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If accurate, those findings might hint that the shroud is indeed from the Levant, an area considered to have been the cradle of Christianity and the setting of both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
9 Apr. 2026
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Freemasons in the cradle of liberty Philadelphia was the country’s political center during the American Revolution, which began in 1775.—
Derek Arnold,
The Conversation,
6 Apr. 2026
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Somebody had to gather all the components, assemble the machine, pack it in a box and ship it to Best Buy.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2026
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All of the StreamSaver plans come with an X1 4K TV box and voice remote, with features such as Multiview, RealTime4K and Fan View.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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There are seeds to grab, and in some cases, a team could essentially manipulate how their side of the bracket sorts itself out.—
Tim Reynolds,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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The case would also require testimony, which meant that at least one of Bateman’s wives needed to realize she was being manipulated and abused.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Crib.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crib. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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