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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 plagiarized
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
In the mind of the plagiarized, as often as not, what has been perpetrated is nothing less than an outrage.
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Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
This is the First Lady who plagiarized a speech by her nemesis Michelle Obama.
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Katha Pollitt,
Washington Post,
5 Feb. 2026
In 1991, a committee of scholars concluded that King had plagiarized passages in his dissertation for a doctoral degree while a student at Boston University.
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John Blake,
CNN Money,
18 Jan. 2026
Yeong-in and Su-yeon had donated an art piece to the university hosting the art show that Ki-dae had suspected was plagiarized.
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Kayti Burt,
Time,
5 Dec. 2025
The paper also has covered allegations that IU President Pamela Whitten plagiarized parts of her dissertation, with the most recent story running in September.
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Todd Richmond,
Twin Cities,
17 Oct. 2025
Missy's brooding brother Cliff (Bradford) homes in on Torrance as a potential love connection, while Torrance leads the Toros to a stunning defeat at the hands of the East Compton Clovers after it's revealed that Big Red plagiarized the routine charted out by their impeccable captain Isis (Union).
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Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Sep. 2025
Katie Wiseman New evidence alleges Indiana University President Pamela Whitten plagiarized her dissertation, The Herald-Times reported last week.
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Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
12 Aug. 2025
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The book was later pulled from circulation amid the revelation that Hill plagiarized a portion.
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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
This is the First Lady who plagiarized a speech by her nemesis Michelle Obama.
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Katha Pollitt,
Washington Post,
5 Feb. 2026
In 1991, a committee of scholars concluded that King had plagiarized passages in his dissertation for a doctoral degree while a student at Boston University.
—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
18 Jan. 2026
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
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
Missy's brooding brother Cliff (Bradford) homes in on Torrance as a potential love connection, while Torrance leads the Toros to a stunning defeat at the hands of the East Compton Clovers after it's revealed that Big Red plagiarized the routine charted out by their impeccable captain Isis (Union).
—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Sep. 2025
Katie Wiseman New evidence alleges Indiana University President Pamela Whitten plagiarized her dissertation, The Herald-Times reported last week.
—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plagiarized
Adjective
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The film's trailer looked unoriginal and uninteresting.
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The first stage began in July 2025, when Meta announced comprehensive measures targeting accounts that repeatedly share unoriginal content without meaningful enhancement, building on enforcement actions that had already been taken against 500,000 accounts in the first half of the year.
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In the months since, the girl group has forged ahead as a quintet, playing Coachella in April and announcing a new EP set for release in August.
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True leadership transcends titles, forged through influence and presence, not authority.
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.
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The food comes in either canned or bagged and boxed packaging.
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This article originally appeared in Spektrum der Wissenschaft and was reproduced with permission.
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No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
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And their movies don’t get more formulaic than the new odd couple-style comedy starring John Cena and Eric André.
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Job listings have become so formulaic that even strong candidates scroll past them without a second look.
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All eight club tracks follow the same basic template, one cribbed from Midwestern producers like Boo Williams and Paul Johnson, as well as early, ravey Daft Punk and, in particular, the take-no-prisoners cutups of Germany’s Soundhack.
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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.
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Since then, whenever new tools to crank out communications have become available, somebody has flooded the zone with the fastest, most imitative material that could garner attention.
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It may be borrowed or coined, named after a person, inspired by a place or imitative of a sound.
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Originalism is a terrific theory for Supreme Court dissents in which some justice complains that the court has invented new constitutional rights.
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So Nima Arkani-Hamed and Jaroslav Trnka invented/discovered the amplituhedron as the answer to this question.
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“Plagiarized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plagiarized. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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