as in directly
in the same words you can't just copy the encyclopedia article verbatim for your report—that's plagiarism

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Recent Examples of verbatim Asked if President Donald Trump believes the attack in Qatar — a mediator in ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas — undermines the ongoing negotiations, Leavitt reread the president’s statement verbatim. Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025 Inserting it into a resume verbatim and leaving it just like that, is lazy. Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Levithan wrote this moment almost verbatim into the novel. 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 See All Example Sentences for verbatim
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Adverb
  • Flyers should try to mitigate any headaches from delays and cancellations by avoiding booking flights with layovers, the non-profit US Public Interest Research Group says, and opt to make reservations directly with the airline rather than a third-party website.
    Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
    Terry Mattingly, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • Wu faced the challenge of teaching a French animation studio, Blue Spirit Animation, to animate Japanese culture accurately.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Certain skills can be developed to more accurately grasp what facial cues actually mean.
    Matt Fuchs, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
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  • Moreover, Amazon can identify the audience and knows exactly who leaned into different aspects of the show to remarket and home in on them.
    Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The human element, the essence of trust and compassion, is exactly where AI stumbles.
    Dr. Nicholas Cozzi, Time, 10 Nov. 2025

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“Verbatim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verbatim. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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