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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
Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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
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This article originally appeared in Spektrum der Wissenschaft and was reproduced with permission.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
10 Jan. 2026
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Whitman traces how this legal foundation evolved into a broader moral menace that became a durable template in Western capitalism that was repeatedly reproduced.—
Valerie L. Myers,
The Conversation,
8 Jan. 2026
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Yeong-in and Su-yeon had donated an art piece to the university hosting the art show that Ki-dae had suspected was plagiarized.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
5 Dec. 2025
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The paper also has covered allegations that IU President Pamela Whitten plagiarized parts of her dissertation, with the most recent story running in September.—
Todd Richmond,
Twin Cities,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Substitute with canned salmon or crab.—
Amanda Stanfield,
Southern Living,
5 Jan. 2026
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Staples such as canned and dried beans, legumes, and grains are reliably affordable, and opting for seasonal (or frozen) fruits and vegetables will always be budget-friendly.—
Riley Wofford,
Martha Stewart,
31 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The wave machine someone invented to simulate the oceans of Pandora risks crushing the actors to death under eight pounds of steel?—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
7 Nov. 2025
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Putnam raised the example of how, during the previous upswing, organizations like the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts were invented just a few years apart, because people recognized that young people needed mentors.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Here, hotels can’t just scrape by with formulaic concepts.—
Su-Jit Lin,
Southern Living,
27 Dec. 2025
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The first charts to reflect this formulaic change will be on January 16, once YouTube has stopped sending its data.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
17 Dec. 2025
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An alliance has already been forged in cosmetics.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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Blue Jackets coach Dean Evason pushed back on the idea that his club, 43 games into the season, hasn’t forged an identity and didn’t compete hard enough Thursday.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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This seems a rather unoriginal name to be chosen by a woman whose talent lay with words.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Dec. 2025
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In sales, trust is currency, and nothing burns trust faster than sounding unoriginal, lazy or shady.—
Don Markland,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Freedom from fear mattered because frightened societies are easily manipulated.—
Philip Martin,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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In some cases, CBS News ran images through AI detection tools, which can be inconsistent or inaccurate but can still help flag possibly manipulated content.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Cribbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cribbed. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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