as in plagiarizes
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 cribs
Andrea Kane, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
And the Safe Sleep for Babies Act, signed into federal law in 2022, outright banned the sale of drop-side cribs and crib bumpers that could potentially suffocate infants.
—Andrea Kane, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cribs
Noun
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The six-episode limited series fictionalizes the rise and fall of the sisters Arcángela and Serafina Baladro, who built an empire of brothels and became infamous for being the most ruthless and feared serial killers in the country.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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The early empire and its challenges From the beginning, the Baladro sisters establish control over their brothels, which span many cities in Mexico through strict rules and systematic exploitation of the girls who work for them.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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And recently, many of these voices have declared that the day of reckoning is near, telling government officials that whichever country invents AGI first will gain enormous geopolitical advantages.—
Michael C. Horowitz,
Foreign Affairs,
26 Sep. 2025
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Once concentration becomes too high, the ingenuity of entrepreneurs and developers invents a new approach to reverse it.—
Christian Catalini,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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However, looking deep into these swirling cradles of planet formation has always been tricky.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Aug. 2025
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Now on sale for less than $20, these pumpkin cradles are a simple but genius gardening hack that lifts squashes off the ground to prevent moisture build-up that can cause rot.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Aug. 2025
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Hawley even reproduces the kidnapping scene from the film, but with Dorothy as the intended kidnapee.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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And in June, Erdős and Volodymyr Riabov posted a paper that reproduces Yau and Yin’s one-dimensional result for a broader class of band matrices.—
Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Aug. 2025
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This week's crash marks the latest in a string of incidents involving Amish buggies or travelers in Gladwin County and across Michigan, with five crashes reported in August, two fatal, the Detroit Free Press reported.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Home to more than 1,200 stores, the Dubai Mall is so big that complimentary electric buggies ferry shoppers around and free phone batteries can be borrowed in case visitors run out of power on a day trip there.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Baby boxes are spreading in large part because of Kelsey, who has an active presence on TikTok.—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
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Ian, a 26-year-old preschool teacher, who had slept Thursday night on a pile of straw, spent Friday night in a closet, on a mattress of pizza boxes.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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Bettany played English poet and writer Geoffrey Chaucer in the medieval action-comedy, which starred Ledger as William Thatcher, a peasant squire, fueled by his desire for food and glory, who forges a new identity for himself as a knight when his master dies.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Sep. 2025
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Nosferatu Desperate for connection, young lonely Ellen (Lily-Rose Depp) unwittingly forges a spiritual bond with Count Olork, Nosferatu (Bill Skarsgård), in the early 1800s.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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About cavities and electric bills—the things most of us worry about.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
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Yes, dental cavities are common.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Cribs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cribs. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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