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

There will be more of them, and noisy ones too, with their plans, again not original, to economically turbo charge the areas around and between Oxford and Cambridge.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2025

The court denied requests by defense lawyers to call witnesses, and prosecutors shared only purported transcripts, but not original audio recordings, from surveillance of the alleged plotters.

From Washington Times • Sep. 15, 2023

It is not original to suggest that melancholic music, sad films or heavy art opens emotional pathways to catharsis.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2022

“Picking up trash? Really? That’s not original at all.”

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty