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
Mexican authorities accused sportswear company Adidas of plagiarizing artisans in southern Mexico, alleging that a new sandal design is strikingly similar to the traditional Indigenous footwear known as huaraches.
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Jeremy Mikula, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2025
New artificial intelligence uses South Florida school districts have decided to embrace the use of artificial intelligence, which also has raised alarm by some due to its potential to help students cheat or plagiarize.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2025
She was accused of plagiarizing parts of her 2012 book and doctoral dissertation at Columbia University.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 12 May 2025
Charleston has been the subject of conservative criticism in the past, facing allegations that much of her academic writing was plagiarized from her husband, LaVar Charleston.
—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025
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Jeremy Mikula, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2025
New artificial intelligence uses South Florida school districts have decided to embrace the use of artificial intelligence, which also has raised alarm by some due to its potential to help students cheat or plagiarize.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2025
She was accused of plagiarizing parts of her 2012 book and doctoral dissertation at Columbia University.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 12 May 2025
Charleston has been the subject of conservative criticism in the past, facing allegations that much of her academic writing was plagiarized from her husband, LaVar Charleston.
—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plagiarize
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To capture his presence on screen, Wembanyama has taken part in creative sessions with the production team, including a dedicated motion capture shoot to reproduce his signature moves and posture.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
16 Sep. 2025
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Without people in the loop, AI risks reproducing the inherent problems that it is meant to avoid, including discrimination, institutional incompetence and overall distrust.—
Gangesh Pathak,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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It’s forged in small rituals, honest boundaries, supportive villages, and the grace to accept what can’t be controlled.—
Jennifer Jay Palumbo,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Washington has so far thwarted Beijing’s ambitions to dominate the Indo-Pacific by forging alliances and partnerships in the region.—
Thomas Wright,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
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The genius was a man named Joel Houghton, who invented and patented a mechanical dishwasher in 1850.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Zambia also invented the walking safari.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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In this approach, quantum information is encoded in various properties of photons, and computation is performed by manipulating these photonic states using optical components.—
Gil Press,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Tahoe is obviously getting more aggressive with icon-shape enforcement, up to and including automatically manipulating them and sentencing them to icon jail.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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Mazda cribbed the recipe from British sports cars of the 1960s but crucially added something those cars lacked—bulletproof reliability and economy-car running costs.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
26 Aug. 2025
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Here's a quick guide to griddle-seasoning and care, and a few pieces of gear that'll help you along the way—with some advice cribbed from pros at the best griddle makers, like Blackstone, Weber, and Traeger.—
Matthew Korfhage,
Wired News,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Plagiarize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plagiarize. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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