as in directly
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you can't just copy the encyclopedia article verbatim for your report—that's plagiarism
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Recent Examples of verbatim
One 2020 study from institutions including OpenAI and Google showed that large language models can unintentionally memorize sequences from their training data verbatim, which can then be extracted with the right prompts.
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Anna Tong, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2026
That line was attributed to Siegal nearly verbatim in the story.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 10 Feb. 2026
However, since the languages are identical, the interpreter just repeats the exact same words verbatim after each line.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
And while many of the pages are copied verbatim from Wikipedia, there are notable changes on topics relating to Musk, his enemies and allies, and his far-right politics.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
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Anna Tong, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2026
That line was attributed to Siegal nearly verbatim in the story.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 10 Feb. 2026
However, since the languages are identical, the interpreter just repeats the exact same words verbatim after each line.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
And while many of the pages are copied verbatim from Wikipedia, there are notable changes on topics relating to Musk, his enemies and allies, and his far-right politics.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for verbatim
Adverb
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In the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the agency had $500 million for forest management and fire prevention that was not directly tied to cap-and-invest or the bond — up from about $65 million two decades prior.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Beijing’s support does not appear to have extended to directly arming the Naxals, however.—
Dhruv Tikekar,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
Adverb
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Holmes fashioned herself as the next Steve Jobs, until a reporter at the Wall Street Journal blew the lid off Theranos' fraudulent claims of developing a state-of-the-art medical test that required only a single drop of blood to accurately detect results like glucose levels and cancer.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 June 2026
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Many models do not accurately reflect human disease.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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In the original Spaceballs, Pullman pere was meant to be a one-dimensional mannequin, and Pullman fils has exactly the same quality.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
30 May 2026
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Thankfully for anyone seeking clarity, the Washington Post was able to explain exactly what the president has in mind, and when, after getting an exclusive statement from a Freedom 250 rep.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
30 May 2026
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“Verbatim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verbatim. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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