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adjective

as in cribbed

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verb

past tense of copy
1
as in reproduced
to make an exact likeness of for the movie, set designers copied the Oval Office in the White House down to the smallest detail

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2
as in imitated
to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior she shamelessly copies her idol's hairstyle and fashion choices

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Recent Examples of copied
Verb
Over the past few years, a consistent complaint from Western developers and the White House has been that Chinese developers have copied their tech. — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026 The letter is addressed to the Los Angeles County Counsel's office and also is copied to California Secretary of State Shirley Weber and Los Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan, effectively putting the entire state on notice. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 Companies that wanted to cut costs in the 1990s and 2000s by outsourcing to China are now being replaced in one of the world's largest markets by businesses that copied their designs and methodologies. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 The gaps usually appear where content was copied into an index without its permissions. — Sean Nathaniel, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 There were city walks, passages of literature copied by hand, guqin music in a classical garden, an incense gathering at a waterside pavilion and a banquet beneath the autumn moon. — Li Jun, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026 Eventually, as lesser talents copied the techniques without the wit, the novelty wore thin, giving modernist cuisine a bad name. — Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026 Ye voiced their lyrical competition, griped about feeling unappreciated, and, most notably, suggested that Jay-Z copied one of his collaboration ideas and released it first. — John Kennedy, VIBE.com, 8 Oct. 2026 The lecture last week focused on how anti-Mexican politics have always worked in Orange County and usually go on to be copied nationwide. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for copied
  1. duplicated
  2. reproduced
  3. imitated
  4. photocopied
  5. replicated
  6. emulated
  7. unoriginal
  8. rendered
Adjective
  • This creates duplicated infrastructure, inconsistent models, and operational complexity.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The duplicated sets and near-complete location builds enable the filmmakers to make the most of Carol’s house as a setting.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
Definition of duplicated
Verb
  • The company reproduced them on playing cards, business cards.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The mounting holes, locating slots, and curved bodies reproduced clearly, although visible layer lines and some surface unevenness made these less polished than my fine-detail test prints.
    — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of reproduced
Verb
  • Clifford gates, however, can be imitated by a normal computer.
    — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The rest of the industry watched with envy, then imitated the model.
    — Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of imitated
Adjective
  • Alves described how black-and-white prints with a photocopied feel, Japanese and Chinese-inspired graphics and animal prints transform basic jeans into pieces worthy of going viral online.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Apatow had with him a chaotic pile of notes—scrawled by hand, photocopied, clearly out of order, some upside down.
    — Adrienne LaFrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Definition of photocopied
Verb
  • Efthymiou has also been trying to get a mouse-model study underway where the NCBRS genetic mutations are replicated in mice and studied.
    — Deepa Fernandes, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
  • But what if the Christmas card campaign unintentionally replicated a specific individual?
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of replicated
Verb
  • The executive order is reminiscent of a decision by California to clear the way for name, image and likeness compensation by passing a state law that was quickly emulated by other states.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Others snapped selfies holding physical copies of Hard Court and marveled at the chestnut burrs—that emulated the look of tennis balls—placed around the shop.
    — Paul Chi, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of emulated
Adjective
  • Summary Leaders are increasingly sounding generic, often using similar buzzwords, a trend exacerbated by AI's ability to generate competent but unoriginal communication.
    — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • No moral panic is more unoriginal than the fear that contemporary men are no longer as manly as the heroes who preceded them.
    — Elizabeth Dray, STAT, 21 July 2026
Definition of unoriginal
Verb
  • The city argued that the changes rendered portions of Jackson’s lawsuit moot because the original restrictions were no longer in effect.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Campus security found the women and rendered emergency medical services before they were transported to a nearby hospital, according to the indictment.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of rendered

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“Copied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copied. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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