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gloated
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In June, a livestream of UCLA’s graduation paused on a graduate who gloated for the camera about ChatGPT ostensibly doing his final exams for him.—
Lindsey Witmer Collins,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Preened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preened. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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