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copy

[kop-ee] / ˈkɒp i /






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I’ve been momentarily halted by that title each time I’ve picked up my tattered $5 thrift-store copy over the last few weeks.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

"Generative AI doesn't copy, it trains," Buckland explained.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

The company behind the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders is seeking a court order to stop My Chemical Romance from using dancers in costumes it says copy the squad’s signature uniform.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

You can even make a copy for personal use, but officially owning one on the blockchain will cost you.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

“Give me a copy of your speech, if you please.”

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Rooney's novels have sold millions of copies internationally, gaining a cult following for their observations of modern relationships before the BBC television adaptation of "Normal People" brought her wider fame.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

If you forgot the hard copies, you can find the code online.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Jumping genes are pieces of DNA that can move to different locations within a genome and produce additional copies of themselves.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

At that stage, she was a glamorous 66-year-old author, with a back catalogue which had sold 15 million copies around the world.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Uncle Spencer has a color printer, so when Dad comes by the next day, he brings over some copies.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

Anthropic stored Elvis’ songs “into a permanent, general-purpose central library intended to be retained indefinitely, from which subsets were selected and copied again to train the next generation of Claude models,” the lawsuit contends.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

A feline drawn from a package of pet food or kitty litter grins at viewers in “Laughing Cat,” while the eerily smiling woman in “The Refrigerator” was copied from a baking-soda ad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

These real-money portfolios — tracked via public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, disclosures and linked accounts — can be copied for a $9.99 monthly subscription fee.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

If local potters had simply copied the decorative appearance, the underlying construction would instead reflect familiar Tampa Bay practices such as sand tempering.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

The Equa was better, but it had since been copied by so many other firms that it no longer seemed special.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Small artificial intelligence models may be only months away from being able to behave like a computer worm, copying themselves from one internet-connected gadget to the next without human help, AI giant Anthropic said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

But in the 1800s, no one could make a YouTube video accusing another creator of copying their slipper pattern, or debate English vs.

From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2026

He concluded "that the works contain substantial similarities" including the "repeated copying" of the melody from Just The Two of Us, the documents said.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

“We can’t just unplug it because it could be copying itself over to other computers,” he told CBS News.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Erastis was working on his own Fragments now, copying sections of the Book no one had read before, to preserve the writings in case the Book was lost—or worse, destroyed.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee


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