as in to reproduce
to use the words or ideas of another person as if they were your own words or ideas
He plagiarized a classmate's report.
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Recent Examples of plagiarize
And one commencement speaker—musician Evelyn Harris at Smith College—relinquished her honorary degree after admitting that parts of her speech were plagiarized.
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Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Smith College did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's request late Wednesday for more information about her speech and what the school says was plagiarized.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 23 May 2025
Baker filed a suit in 2022 alleging that Coates' The Water Dancer plagiarized content from his Shock Exchange: How Inner-City Kids From Brooklyn Predicted the Great Recession and the Pain Ahead.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
The company has come under fire from Forbes and other media outlets for allegedly plagiarizing their reporting and redistributing it across multiple platforms through a feature called Perplexity Pages.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Smith College did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's request late Wednesday for more information about her speech and what the school says was plagiarized.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 23 May 2025
Baker filed a suit in 2022 alleging that Coates' The Water Dancer plagiarized content from his Shock Exchange: How Inner-City Kids From Brooklyn Predicted the Great Recession and the Pain Ahead.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
The company has come under fire from Forbes and other media outlets for allegedly plagiarizing their reporting and redistributing it across multiple platforms through a feature called Perplexity Pages.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plagiarize
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The disease is considered a highly invasive tumor in the central nervous system because its cells reproduce extremely quickly.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
23 July 2025
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With wild pigs reproducing rapidly and damaging both crops and ecosystems, researchers say more action is needed at the policy level.—
Vanessa Countryman,
USA Today,
22 July 2025
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Exploring and experimenting through storytelling that forges an identity for Colombia’s Caribbean region, Estuario Cine was established by Alberto de la Espriella and Antonio Camargo in 2022.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
14 July 2025
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But forging strong ties without in-person interaction remains a challenge.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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As the answers to these questions emerge, your brand isn't invented; it's just revealed.—
Maha Abouelenein,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Boredom prompts us to seek out new experiences, to learn, to invent, to build; curing boredom with games like Wordle is a bit like sating hunger with M&M’s.—
Paul Bloom,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Fast-forward to this month, when Paramount agreed to a $16 million settlement to move past Trump's claims that CBS's 60 Minutes deceptively manipulated a pre-election interview with Kamala Harris.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
25 July 2025
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The Dershowitz theory does not compute because the government invariably manipulates projections about future harm for ulterior partisan or personal motives.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
24 July 2025
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For starters, the Fenix 8 has cribbed the depth sensor from its Descent line, which means this everyday watch now works as a full-on dive computer for recreational scuba as well as free diving.—
Adrienne So,
Wired News,
2 June 2025
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The bank cribbed from a playbook established by AmEx by bundling perks around travel and dining, and later opened its own network of luxurious airport lounges.—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
17 June 2025
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“Plagiarize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plagiarize. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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