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Recent Examples of cut-and-paste
The very cut-and-paste indictment filed just before today’s national shutdown anti-ICE protests is the latest effort by the Department of Justice to go after longtime Trump critic Lemon.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2026
Beleaguered professors, who are largely poorly paid adjunct instructors at this point, will now have to not just contend with essay mills and good old-fashioned cut-and-paste plagiarism, but also the undetectable autograph of the robotic hand.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
After decades of enduring cut-and-paste menus that reduced the vast lexicon of Subcontinental cuisines into some combination of butter chicken, saag paneer, and naan, New Yorkers are lately spoiled for choice as chefs double down on regional cuisines and authentic flavors.
—Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Aug. 2025
The flyer promoting the the celebration of the flyer men was printed on pink paper with an energetic cut-and-paste style.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 23 May 2025
Here’s the worst part: Those last four paragraphs were just a straight cut-and-paste from last year.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Generic press releases or cut-and-paste pitches are going to be ignored.
—Brian Cattell, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2026
Beleaguered professors, who are largely poorly paid adjunct instructors at this point, will now have to not just contend with essay mills and good old-fashioned cut-and-paste plagiarism, but also the undetectable autograph of the robotic hand.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
After decades of enduring cut-and-paste menus that reduced the vast lexicon of Subcontinental cuisines into some combination of butter chicken, saag paneer, and naan, New Yorkers are lately spoiled for choice as chefs double down on regional cuisines and authentic flavors.
—Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Aug. 2025
The flyer promoting the the celebration of the flyer men was printed on pink paper with an energetic cut-and-paste style.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 23 May 2025
Here’s the worst part: Those last four paragraphs were just a straight cut-and-paste from last year.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Generic press releases or cut-and-paste pitches are going to be ignored.
—Brian Cattell, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cut-and-paste
Adjective
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Seattle’s losses this season have been by a combined total of nine points.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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The combined total when adding up FWC numbers with those of just a few private iguana removal companies was well over 8,000.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Most notably, Seagrams purchased it in 1943, and for years the main product was a blended whiskey, while the straight bourbon was mostly exported to Japan.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
9 Feb. 2026
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In her memoir, Atwood confronts the complications of the blended family.—
Jon Wertheim,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The morning after her whirlwind day, Johnson talked to TIME about her life-changing Games, the mixed emotions of winning a downhill on the same day teammate Lindsey Vonn broke her leg in a scary crash, and her ski-racing future.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
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She is widely regarded as Britain’s first Black supermodel of mixed heritage.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Santa Anita, and by extension Del Mar and Los Alamitos, contend the game, played on a machine that has the look and feel of a slot machine, say the betting is conducted between patrons in a commingled pool and paid out based on how much money is bet on each combination.—
John Cherwa,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2026
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As part of the scheme, prosecutors said Christopher falsely claimed to be a licensed architect, while the couple commingled client payments in a single operating account and used money from one project to fund unrelated jobs.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Irene and Clint Cleaves opened what was then the Four Way Grill in 1946, a Southern food sanctuary with an integrated clientele and a back door through which Stax musicians sometimes entered to avoid attention.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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In 1939, after being denied the chance to perform at Constitution Hall because of her race, Anderson sang on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday, and that performance drew one of the first large, integrated audiences in American history, Green noted.—
Francine Knowles,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Cut-and-paste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cut-and-paste. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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