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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
Levithan wrote this moment almost verbatim into the novel.
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Katy Hershberger
august 26, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
Gone already are the days when using AI to write an essay meant copying and pasting its response verbatim.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2025
De Groot also lifted at least two recipes verbatim from his previous book, and appeared to get a few handwritten ones from Girard and Artaud.
—John Birdsall, New Yorker, 25 July 2025
In the documentary, entertainment greats like Belafonte and Smokey Robinson talk about the influence of Sullivan’s show, and through a recreation of Ed Sullivan’s voice, Sunday Best features Sullivan’s comments on racial issues over the years, verbatim from his letters, articles, and columns.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 21 July 2025
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Katy Hershberger
august 26, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
Gone already are the days when using AI to write an essay meant copying and pasting its response verbatim.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2025
De Groot also lifted at least two recipes verbatim from his previous book, and appeared to get a few handwritten ones from Girard and Artaud.
—John Birdsall, New Yorker, 25 July 2025
In the documentary, entertainment greats like Belafonte and Smokey Robinson talk about the influence of Sullivan’s show, and through a recreation of Ed Sullivan’s voice, Sunday Best features Sullivan’s comments on racial issues over the years, verbatim from his letters, articles, and columns.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 21 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for verbatim
Adverb
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The Shani doll line was designed by Kitty Black Perkins and originally debuted in 1991 in response to claims that Barbie dolls lacked diversity and did not accurately represent Black people.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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For the smooth motion, the controller accurately tracked the robot’s centre of mass in the horizontal plane and maintained orientation, with only a small steady-state offset in vertical position.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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But during a critical game early in the season, that’s exactly what took place.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Grown-ish actress went on to recount exactly what the moment felt like from her perspective.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Verbatim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verbatim. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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