copied

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Alexandra Parfitt, 46, a biostatistician, was disappointed to discover her 9-year-old daughter had copied and pasted an internet description of a “Peanuts” cartoon character into a school presentation on Google Slides.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

His distinct, slightly nasal Chicago accent, combined with his seemingly limitless high-decibel vocal range, made the “Sirius”-and-spotlight introduction recognizable around the world, and copied by sports teams from middle schools on up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

In some cases, the DNA is copied successfully, but the cell never fully splits.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

Arms researchers shown images and videos of the smaller drone’s components say its fuselage has been copied by dozens of Chinese companies even now selling similar models on China’s equivalent of Amazon, AliExpress.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

In 1646 Thomas Browne collected numerous examples from Greek and Roman authors of texts being copied wholesale and reissued under another author’s name.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton