copying

Example Sentences

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Recalling that she grew up being warned away from copying off someone else’s test because “cheating is only cheating yourself,” she sounds glum.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

Colin McKee, the bass player, has gone from cutting records to printing, designing and copying items in his Irish Street business in the town 40 years later.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

The push on premarket home listings—Compass allows sellers to put homes for sale on its website before the larger database Multiple-Listing Service —was controversial, but led to other brokerages copying the strategy.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

This week, Kirby fired back: “I did take inspiration from what Delta has done. But we long ago stopped copying them.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

Perhaps from this mentality, as well as from uncritical literal copying, came the medieval habit of reporting reported observations and experiments as if they were original.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton