plagiarize

Definition of plagiarizenext
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 His 1534 revision was heavily used – plagiarized would be a better word – by almost all English translations over the next hundred years. — Michael Bruening, The Conversation, 30 June 2026 The book was later pulled from circulation amid the revelation that Hill plagiarized a portion. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 15 May 2026 Both are easier than plagiarizing Wikipedia ever was! — ArsTechnica, 13 Apr. 2026 In the mind of the plagiarized, as often as not, what has been perpetrated is nothing less than an outrage. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for plagiarize
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  • Made using flexible materials, the model reproduced important features of the natural stinger’s pumping cycle, helping confirm how the valves deform and squeeze past each other.
    — Mike McRae October 12, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026
  • That would reproduce the operating model companies are trying to improve.
    — Jason Wojahn, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
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  • Lightbulb was also accompanied by a kilonova, a bright surge of radiation involving oodles of neutrons—the very kind that could kick-start the r-process and forge all those heavy elements.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Expanding worker retraining programs, investing in the ailing public school system, and improving access to community colleges will do far more than tariffs to rebuild the middle class—and are the first steps in forging a new social contract.
    — Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026
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  • An American who knows nothing about real football comes to the place where it was invented and attempts to tell the creators of the sport how to play.
    — Jay Martel, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Stellantis The company says it's invented a new type of C-pillar architecture to make this happen.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026
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  • Its tech helped investigators find that former Toronto Raptors big man Jontay Porter manipulated his play on behalf of bettors.
    — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Instead of filming hands of actual workers, young men with GoPro cameras strapped to their heads record themselves doing jobs while holding and manipulating what look like grippy robot claws.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026
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  • The new breed of post-rock bands, on the other hand, were cribbing ideas from the worlds of dance music and hip-hop.
    — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Recreating entire outfits, adopting your styling tricks, making a habit of hunting down your exact pieces, or cribbing an aesthetic that feels deeply tied to your identity is another.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2026

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

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