- present participle of cheat.
cheating
Example Sentences
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False charges of AI cheating can tarnish academic records or upend career prospects of students.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
But studies show AI text detectors are often unreliable, generating false positives that can erode trust between instructors and students and forcing teachers to devise innovative methods to detect cheating and evaluate assignments.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
If cheating is wrong, how come so many cheat?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Armstong eventually confessed to cheating in a blockbuster interview with talk show host Oprah Winfrey.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
She has enough to be guilty of; she has cheated enough people of the things that matter most to them, without cheating about this, too.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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