- present participle of cheat.
cheating
Example Sentences
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Nearly all are requiring ethics courses along the way — as educators continue to grapple with cheating and with fears that heavy AI use will erode critical thinking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
And most people contend that plagiarism, cheating and ghostwriting are all cut from the same cloth because they all lack the spark that we ascribe to truly original thinking and writing.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
He counsels letter writers on how to handle a cheating brother, discuss religion with a devout friend, and avoid spiraling over the fear of being single forever.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
In his “Devil’s Dictionary,” Ambrose Bierce defined peace as “a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Father’s furious because they’re cheating us: they’ve been holding back meat and other things.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
