as in reproduces
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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Star of Bethlehem reproduces through underground bulbs and bulblets.—
Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2026 -
The test consisted of a 7-MW grid simulator that replicates disturbances and voltage ride-through events, and a 20-MW load simulator that reproduces real-world demand dynamics such as those created by an AI data center.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
29 Apr. 2026
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The Rams star quarterback manipulates opposing players with his eyes.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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Williams acknowledges that there are fears about dubbing fixes being the thin end of a wedge that could lead to actors being replaced, even if Flawless’ AI only manipulates the face from the nose down.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
27 May 2026
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Meanwhile, Duncan forges ahead with Carl as his new partner.—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
2 June 2026
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McCartney just forges ahead, and nothing can stop him.—
Stuart Miller,
Oc Register,
1 June 2026
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For a few minutes, nobody cared that this team is an expensive, disjointed, underperforming, charisma-free mess that invents ways to lose.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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That kind of popularity and radiant goodness produces a lineage of artists but doesn’t have the crowd appeal of a lone genius who invents a flying machine or pulls a seventeen-foot sculpture out of a block of marble.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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