copy
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She clutched a soaking copy of a sci-fi novel.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
One of his favorites was a beaten-up copy of a 1998 bestseller titled “Who Moved My Cheese?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
But whatever some gamers might think, Geoffray Brunaux, a lawyer specialising in digital law, told AFP that holders of a physical game did not own it any more than those with a digital copy.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Pelecanos became aware of the former NFL running back’s debut from a social media post and requested an advance copy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Gia cocked her head, glancing at the copy of herself one final time.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
Earlier work by Dr. Polleux showed that human-specific copies of SRGAP2 increase the number of synapses, or connections, made by neurons while also causing those synapses to mature very slowly.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
She has been called the “human printer” because she follows Trump with a portable printer to provide Trump with hard copies of flattering news coverage or information the computer-averse president requires.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Rival copies, known as biosimilars, didn’t go on sale until 2023, five years after they launched in Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
The programme also helps promote authors like herself; because of the selection, it "means 14,000 copies of my book have been sent to children in the UK".
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
He worked the machine and Russo carried the copies to Sinay’s desk, where he collated the pages into neat stacks.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
Walter and others copied the idea, betting they could invest the capital for more than they had to pay policyholders, pocketing the difference and fees they collected for managing the money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
He went straight to his bathroom mirror and copied them down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
They included that multiple sections of his doctoral dissertation were copied from other works.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
He highlighted that plagiarism detection software had found several tracts of Arday's PhD dissertation to be copied verbatim or lightly rephrased from prior academic works by other authors.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
We traded, talking over the work as we busily copied.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
Generative AI relies on underlying patterns from existing data to predict and produce new outputs, rather than just copying or sorting existing information.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
In 1506, he asked the Venetian government to stop the Italian engraver Marcantonio Raimondi from copying his woodcuts.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Despite a lack of formal education, Kusman began copying the inscriptions found during excavations carried out in eastern Turkey, Iran and Armenia, over which Urartu once stretched.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
“I was copying and pasting from ChatGPT,” said Vo, who lives in San Francisco.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
And then, to Emily’s great horror, Mr. Quisling began copying James’s note onto the whiteboard.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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