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plagiarize

[play-juh-rahyz, -jee-uh-rahyz] / ˈpleɪ dʒəˌraɪz, -dʒi əˌraɪz /
VERB
forge
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STRONG




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In a Sunday editorial, the Boston Globe asked, “Did Claudine Gay plagiarize or not? Harvard should be clear.”

From Washington Times ● Dec. 20, 2023

"All it does is plagiarize what has been fed into the system and is not capable of writing anything."

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2023

In the quickly evolving area of AI imagery, Adobe has tried to position itself as a responsible industry citizen by offering products that won’t plagiarize or create offensive imagery.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2023

Ed Sheeran did not plagiarize Marvin Gaye’s classic ‘Let’s Get It On,’ a jury decided Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2023

“We’re not going to plagiarize her. Filmmakers create stories based on true events all the time. It’s a common thing.”

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

As it happens with even the best storytellers, Questlove unfortunately — and one hopes unwittingly — at times plagiarizes his own work.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2021

It's not even a crime, I suppose, to release a derivative sitcom that plagiarizes from your own past work.

From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2020

After the claim made by the Raisens, CeCe Peniston wrote on Instagram that “Truth Hurts” plagiarizes her classic ‘90s hit, “Finally,” calling it “a clear example of #copyrightinfringement.”

From Washington Times ● Oct. 23, 2019

After the claim made by the Raisens, CeCe Peniston wrote on Instagram that “Truth Hurts” plagiarizes her classic ’90s hit, “Finally,” calling it “a clear example of #copyrightinfringement.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2019

In leaving home, Shylock's French plagiarizes the Jew's speech to Jessica, even down to the doubt the Jew has about leaving his house at all.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 by Various

Cofnas also flagged several other pieces Arday wrote that appeared to include plagiarized text.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

"The book was pulled from publication because Hill plagiarized portions of it."

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

These manuscripts often contain fabricated data, manipulated or stolen images, plagiarized text and sometimes claims that are scientifically impossible.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2026

His wife, Kim Keon-hee, was trailed by myriad controversies of her own, including revelations that she plagiarized her master’s thesis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2025

It was heavily plagiarized from a work written thirty years earlier by the Oneida Community’s founder.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

Arday resigned this month amid allegations of plagiarizing his doctoral thesis and fabricating parts of his life story.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

The scandal erupted after some academics and media reports accused Arday, who became Cambridge University's youngest Black professor in 2023, of plagiarizing parts of his doctoral thesis.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

On Monday, a federal judge in Florida dismissed with prejudice a copyright lawsuit that accused Swift of plagiarizing a self-published poet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

And a Smith College graduation speaker was caught plagiarizing her speech.

From Slate ● May 30, 2025

“One of my first CDs. My sister wanted it, so she gave it to me for Christmas. Do you always resort to plagiarizing song lyrics to impress a girl?”

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx


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