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verbatim

[ver-bey-tim] / vərˈbeɪ tɪm /


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She has no trouble adopting Alfredo’s melody and text verbatim.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

When it comes to public figures, there are clearly good reasons to stick pretty close to a verbatim transcript of what they really said.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2026

Robert Strassler’s “Landmark Thucydides” of 1996, which improves on Crawley where it can, repeats these words verbatim.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Hill Valley Mayor Red Thomas blares the same verbatim reelection slogan in 1955 as Mayor Goldie Wilson does in 1985 — “Progress is his middle name” — yet the town is in visible decline.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

“First I heard about it was, she had that cancer,” he said, repeating the story he’d told dozens of reporters over the years, almost verbatim.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot




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