plagiarizing

present participle of plagiarize

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of plagiarizing 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
  • These companies do not make a habit of forging relationships with small organic farmers.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
  • This would mean forging an understanding with Labour, the Greens, or both.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The costs of reproducing living labor varied in response to struggle.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Without people in the loop, AI risks reproducing the inherent problems that it is meant to avoid, including discrimination, institutional incompetence and overall distrust.
    Gangesh Pathak, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • From constructing ramps to inventing imaginative new worlds, Rail Racers proves Magna-Tiles are endlessly modular and fun.
    Emily Glover, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Berners-Lee is admired in a similar spirit—not only for inventing the web but for refusing to patent it.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • With the technology becoming increasingly adept at creating convincing crowd scenes, manipulating visuals has never been easier.
    Chloe Veltman, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Julie asked Jimmy Heagerty about where things stood with Mickey Lee, and Jimmy said Morgan did a great job manipulating Mickey into sending him home.
    David Wysong, Cincinnati Enquirer, 29 Sep. 2025

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