passing off
Example Sentences
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“When I’m passing off my job to a new person it’s really not just saying you’ve been promoted,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
In academia, there is no greater sin than passing off another’s work as one’s own.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
I understand that moral intuition and agree that passing off A.I.-generated prose as one’s own breaks the writer-reader contract.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026
And when her debut collection got remarkably good press, she was accused of passing off her mentor Roland Mouret’s designs as her own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025
Besides being scared out of my wits, I am sick and tired of passing off my cooking for somebody else’s.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
