plagiarizing

present participle of plagiarize

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Recent Examples of plagiarizing Both are easier than plagiarizing Wikipedia ever was! ArsTechnica, 13 Apr. 2026 Rankings influence many disciplines and can mutate values as well as goals, leading academics to such unscholarly behaviors as plagiarizing others’ work, unintentionally manipulating data, or outright falsifying it. Big Think, 20 Feb. 2026 Buster attended the same law school starting in 2018, but he was kicked out for low grades and allegedly plagiarizing in the summer of 2019, per The State. Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025 By their thinking, the AI company is a free-rider plagiarizing their movies and TV shows. Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025 After the political satirist used part of his Sunday show to blast Cain's recent decision to join the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, the actor hit back, accusing the comedian of plagiarizing his jokes. Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025 Here's what happens to Indiana University students when they are caught plagiarizing. Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 12 Aug. 2025 Mexican authorities accused sportswear company Adidas of plagiarizing artisans in southern Mexico, alleging that a new sandal design is strikingly similar to the traditional Indigenous footwear known as huaraches. Jeremy Mikula, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plagiarizing
Verb
  • Even as the market grows uneasy about AI infrastructure spending levels, the companies designing and making the chips are forging ahead.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 July 2026
  • Green has also been accused of forging signatures on affidavits, giving false testimony and other offenses, per the outlet.
    Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • Koons’s company was also ordered to pay $12,500 for reproducing an image from the artist’s website, while the publisher was ordered to pay $2,300 for selling a book containing images of the work.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026
  • Another risk is that AI is very good at reproducing common language.
    Rena Fallstrom, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Although his personal favorite interpretation is Craig’s, the actor wanted to focus on the philosophical pillars of the character, rather than cribbing from anyone else’s work.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026
Verb
  • Australia’s real innovation was not inventing another account.
    Kris Iyer, Fortune, 22 July 2026
  • One Round, Not Five Selective universities have spent a decade inventing ways to lock in committed students early.
    Jamie Beaton, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • Pamela Smart, whose conviction for manipulating her teenage lover into killing her husband became one of America's most notorious murder cases, has asked a New Hampshire judge to let her latest bid for a new trial move forward.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026
  • Football is all about engaño (trickery) — looking one way and passing the other, feinting to go left and swiftly moving right, manipulating the opposition and tricking them to open up those little spaces.
    Xavi, New York Times, 19 July 2026

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