as in to reproduce
to use the words or ideas of another person as if they were your own words or ideas
He plagiarized a classmate's report.
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Recent Examples of plagiarize
However, the service has at times become controversial, with some critics raising concerns that ChatGPT and similar programs fuel online misinformation and enable students to plagiarize.
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
Emerson comes off particularly badly, practically plagiarizing his aunt Mary’s writings, and being shown up by his wife’s far more progressive stance on slavery.
—Francesca Wade, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Min accused the new band of deliberately plagiarizing NewJeans’ look, music and choreography, an allegation the label has denied.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
According to Min, NewJeans was plagiarized and slighted in favor of other HYBE girl groups, and she was retaliated against for protecting her band’s interests.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 28 Nov. 2024
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
Emerson comes off particularly badly, practically plagiarizing his aunt Mary’s writings, and being shown up by his wife’s far more progressive stance on slavery.
—Francesca Wade, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Min accused the new band of deliberately plagiarizing NewJeans’ look, music and choreography, an allegation the label has denied.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
According to Min, NewJeans was plagiarized and slighted in favor of other HYBE girl groups, and she was retaliated against for protecting her band’s interests.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 28 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plagiarize
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As natural landscapes are converted to agriculture or taken over by urban sprawl, logging operations and oil and gas exploration, ecosystems become fragmented and the space that species need to survive and reproduce disappears.—
Karrigan Börk,
The Conversation,
13 May 2025
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In March, the internet went briefly wild over the ability to use 4o to reproduce cute family photos in the style of Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli.—
Kelsey Piper,
Vox,
12 May 2025
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Trump could be the right leader to forge compromise.—
J. Tedford Tyler,
Time,
17 May 2025
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Work smarter not harder Many new CE leaders overestimate their internal ability and capacity to forge new partnerships to improve supply chains.—
London School of Economics,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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And what if an amazing Jewish émigré scientist—Richard Dreyfuss, say—had already invented the technology?—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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The exhibit itself — on display until Feb. 2026 — chronicles more than 200 years of social dance in the city, highlighting dances that were either invented, reinvented or made famous in the five boroughs.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2025
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Life-changing events, including the loss of a spouse, early onset dementia or another medical issue, can trigger changes in the way someone would react to anyone who is experienced at manipulating people to part with their money.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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For instance, prompt injection attacks—a new twist on the traditional prompt injection attack, where malicious prompts manipulate AI behavior—require novel defensive approaches beyond conventional security controls.—
Omar Turner,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Wayne’s World Wayne says that line is cribbed from a Birdman bar on an old Cash Money track.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2025
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Tommy pulls up to the behemoth and explains the petro facts of life in a speech that could have been cribbed from the American Petroleum Institute’s website.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Plagiarize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plagiarize. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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