not original

Example Sentences

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This soul-gnawing anxiety is not original sin in the Christian sense, even if it functions in much the same way.

From Salon • May 25, 2025

Currently there is a large open space here, with an empty moat that is not original but was created in the 1960s.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2025

But this is an album of Cole Porter standards; it’s not original music.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2022

Though not original to Cohn’s interview, the characterization provides a window onto the mind-set of the 44th president.

From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2021

The new people are not original in this.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates