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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
The indictment also alleges F-9 broke into the National Alliance’s West Virginia headquarters in 2014, stole approximately 25 boxes of records, brought them to North Carolina to be copied, and then returned the originals. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2026 However, the scammer had copied it from an earlier property listing. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Text has traditionally been more difficult to identify in this way because it gets copied, paraphrased, translated, chopped up and folded into someone else’s writing all the time. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026 The proud mom leaned down in the image, holding her hands on two weights with a resistance band wrapped around her legs, as her son copied her. — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026 The June 17 letter was also copied to Cabinet ministers, members of Parliament, President Sylvanie Burton, the Financial Intelligence Unit and the Citizenship-by-Investment Unit. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 9 Aug. 2026 Over the past two decades, China has methodically copied the old American public diplomacy playbook. — James K. Glassman, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026 The big reason passkeys are safer is that they can't be stolen, copied, or guessed. — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026 One wanted a three-piece suit, another copied a loose-fitting suit in a style Hattie often wears, another had a Jackie O-style minidress in mind, and the fourth wanted a high-neck top with buttons up the back, with matching trousers and shawl. — Jessica Salter, Vogue, 6 Aug. 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
  • Numerical simulations reproduced the experimental results and indicated that nonreciprocal pair propulsion is the minimal mechanism needed to sustain the unusual cluster dynamics.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Your god-classes and workarounds become its conventions, reproduced fluently in every new file.
    — Evan J. Schwartz, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of reproduced
Verb
  • Still, Nixon created a blueprint for presidential lawlessness that Trump imitated and greatly expanded.
    — Elizabeth Holtzman, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The University of Chicago, University of Illinois and Columbia University soon imitated this approach.
    — Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 23 July 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
  • Bryan Schreier, a partner at Sequoia (which led Zum’s 2017 Series A), says another of Zum’s big value propositions is that it cannot be replicated by an Uber, Lyft or even OpenAI.
    — Maggie McGrath, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Everything the city has done, transit activists say, can be replicated elsewhere.
    — Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of replicated
Verb
  • Liccardo pitched the framework as a legislative model that could be emulated across levels of local government in the Bay Area to create region-wide protection against potential ICE facilities.
    — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Although other programs popped up about the same time around the country, Tulsa's is recognized as a model and has been widely emulated.
    — Scott Neuman, NPR, 24 July 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
  • In practice, puzzling choices by curators Klaus Biesenbach and Maike Steinkamp rendered the experiment fraught in places.
    — Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • They might be rendered obsolete in a few years, especially with breakthroughs in technology like drones of various sizes and capabilities.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of rendered

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