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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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Recent Examples of cribbed
Olivia Horn, Pitchfork, 20 Feb. 2026
The colorway is also cribbed from that used to reveal the Air Jordan 28, as a black upper gives way to a highlighter green inner layer and shroud branding, as well as a translucent blue outsole.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 9 Feb. 2026
Many of its principles were cribbed from other sources, like Apple’s terms of service and the UN Declaration of Human Rights.
—Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 21 Jan. 2026
But there's something a bit anticlimactic about ending it in that basement, as if the characters never had lives outside the archetypes the show made for them, cribbed from a role-playing game.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
Noah is constantly making sermons or toasts cribbed from Talmud for Netflix Subscribers.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
There is even, inexplicably, an entire chorus cribbed from a blink-182 song.
—Olivia Horn, Pitchfork, 20 Feb. 2026
The colorway is also cribbed from that used to reveal the Air Jordan 28, as a black upper gives way to a highlighter green inner layer and shroud branding, as well as a translucent blue outsole.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 9 Feb. 2026
Many of its principles were cribbed from other sources, like Apple’s terms of service and the UN Declaration of Human Rights.
—Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 21 Jan. 2026
But there's something a bit anticlimactic about ending it in that basement, as if the characters never had lives outside the archetypes the show made for them, cribbed from a role-playing game.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
Noah is constantly making sermons or toasts cribbed from Talmud for Netflix Subscribers.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cribbed
Verb
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The scientists then reproduced the gut yeast in a fridge.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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For example, The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft in 2023, alleging that the companies used the outlet’s journalism to train their AI systems, which then went on to generate outputs that have competed with or reproduced New York Times articles.—
Daryl Lim,
Fortune,
30 May 2026
Verb
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The book was later pulled from circulation amid the revelation that Hill plagiarized a portion.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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In the mind of the plagiarized, as often as not, what has been perpetrated is nothing less than an outrage.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The brand offers a one-to-one replacement for nearly every classic liquor on the market, plus sparkling wine and canned cocktails.—
Lauren Schuster,
Kansas City Star,
27 May 2026
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The food comes in either canned or bagged and boxed packaging.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Also referred to as petroleum jelly, which is the primary ingredient of Vaseline, it was invented during the 1800s as a cure-all balm and has become a household staple since.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
28 May 2026
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The dessert was invented in 1910 by pastry chef Louis Durand, whose family’s bakery in Maisons-Laffitte, Maison Durand, still serves a Paris-Brest using the original recipe.—
Jen Rose Smith,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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The show's plot revolves around tropes that are intentionally comforting and formulaic—fake dating, jock meets girl next door, and opposites attract—and evidently, the styling follows suit.—
Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
27 May 2026
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Designed with formulaic, surgical clarity, its rules have few exceptions.—
Katie Thornton,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
Verb
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To those who knew him, Lemieux could be surprisingly vulnerable, Shanahan said, noting the friendship Lemieux forged with Red Wings enforcer Darren McCarty despite multiple fights in their careers.—
Dan Robson,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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Many early employees forged lifelong friendships.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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Other artists copied his style, which at first the artist considered flattering but later saw it as unoriginal as his popularity grew.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Apr. 2026
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This makes your home feel intentional and personal instead of sterile and unoriginal.—
Ashlyn Needham,
The Spruce,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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But Cepeda and Petro on Sunday night sowed doubt in the result and claimed — so far without evidence — that hundreds of thousands of votes were manipulated and that foreign actors interfered with the result.—
Megan Janetsky,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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This person set him up and was manipulated in many ways.—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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“Cribbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cribbed. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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