as in to reproduce
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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Recent Examples of crib
Li-Lian Ahlskog Hou, CNN Money, 22 July 2025
The crib, or bassinet, is actually the only piece that caters specifically to babies.
—Nina Derwin, Architectural Digest, 18 July 2025
Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2025
In fact, no small portion of the Royal Swedish Academy’s technical backgrounder (PDF) released to the media this morning could have been cribbed from this in-depth Spectrum consideration of nearly a quarter-century ago.
—Tekla S. Perry, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Oct. 2023
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The neonatal ward here crams three babies into a single crib.
—Li-Lian Ahlskog Hou, CNN Money, 22 July 2025
The crib, or bassinet, is actually the only piece that caters specifically to babies.
—Nina Derwin, Architectural Digest, 18 July 2025
Noun
Tommy pulls up to the behemoth and explains the petro facts of life in a speech that could have been cribbed from the American Petroleum Institute’s website.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2025
In fact, no small portion of the Royal Swedish Academy’s technical backgrounder (PDF) released to the media this morning could have been cribbed from this in-depth Spectrum consideration of nearly a quarter-century ago.
—Tekla S. Perry, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Oct. 2023
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Verb
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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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The name McKim, Mead & White evokes the image of three portly, middle-aged men, because the most frequently reproduced photograph of the trio was taken around 1905, when all three partners were in their fifties.—
Henry Wiencek
July 22,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
Noun
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And don't miss our guides to strollers, baby monitors, travel strollers, bassinets, and the best baby gear for the first year.—
Nena Farrell,
Wired News,
26 July 2025
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The crib, or bassinet, is actually the only piece that caters specifically to babies.—
Nina Derwin,
Architectural Digest,
18 July 2025
Noun
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The city has sued a handful of property owners seeking to label their properties as public nuisances under the state's bawdy house statute.—
Mary Spicuzza,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
31 Oct. 2019
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There was probably at least one bawdy house, but it isn’t mentioned.—
Arthur Hart,
idahostatesman,
7 Apr. 2018
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According to a police report, both were injected at a booth run by Holtorf, who is licensed in California but not Nevada.—
Anjeanette Damon,
ProPublica,
30 July 2025
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On Wednesday morning, nearly 40 local employers from the mobility and infrastructure industries set up booths at the Workforce Solutions Capital Area offices on North Interstate 35.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Flip invented the Wheezer Scale for gauging the difficulty of hiking up hills.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 July 2025
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Let it be known — Heidi Klum basically invented the thirst trap.—
Brittany Talarico,
People.com,
28 July 2025
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Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images Tropical rainforests are the cradle of life on Earth—and the world's lungs.—
Juan Carlos Navarro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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Since beginning science operations in July 2022, JWST has transformed our understanding of the universe, from spotting the earliest galaxies yet to probing exoplanets and cradles of newborn stars.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
10 July 2025
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Though nothing outside could compete with the moment a uniformed attendant arrived bearing a two-tiered, Tiffany-blue box filled with desserts, accompanied by a souvenir menu with pop-up paper cutouts.—
Naomi Tomky,
Travel + Leisure,
26 July 2025
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On Thursday, Israel’s military took journalists to the Gaza side of the Kerem Shalom crossing where hundreds of boxes of aid were on pallets filling a huge lot.—
Sam Mednick,
Chicago Tribune,
26 July 2025
Verb
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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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“Crib.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crib. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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