as in inventing
to copy an idea, a piece of writing, etc., from someone else
She cribbed a line or two from her favorite poet.
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There has been quite a lot of progress lately in inventing brain-computer interfaces (BCI), also known as brain-machine interfaces (BMI).—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025 -
All sixth graders from all nine schools in the Encinitas Union School District get to spend a week at the district’s Farm Lab taking part in Salad Wars, inventing their own organic salad dressing and competing against their classmates for the honor of The Golden Fork.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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Just as manipulating actuality is the soul of cinema, playing with subjectivity is the soul of AI as an artistic medium.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
8 Apr. 2025
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Biohacking sales isn’t about manipulating people.—
Scott Hutcheson,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Nvidia’s Omniverse allows users to put together world scenes digitally, simulating a physical environment.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
7 Jan. 2025
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In addition to large-scale data theft, economic disruption, and intelligence breaches, quantum computers could be used for malicious purposes such as simulating and synthesizing chemical weapons or optimizing the flight trajectories of a swarm of drones.—
Charina Chou,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Cribbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cribbing. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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