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[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

After the Journal’s story, members of the House Oversight Committee received a copy of the birthday book, provided by lawyers from Epstein’s estate, containing the letter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Confirming that it had referred itself to the IPOC, the Metropolitan Police said it was aware of media reports that it had try to obtain a copy of the letter.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Stéphane Bancel defended his melanoma data and argued that rivals can’t easily copy the technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

She took his copy of Peter Pan, which they’d been assigned at school that week, and Danny knew he wouldn’t be getting it back.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

You can take either of those hard copies to the vote center.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

He has since become one of the UK's most successful children's authors, having sold more than 60 million copies worldwide in 55 languages.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

The books themselves have not been banned, and copies already held by British retailers can remain on sale.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Although this sacrifice kills the individual cell, it prevents the virus from producing more copies and infecting nearby bacteria, helping protect the larger colony.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

I’d show Abby and Colton after I’d finished a few, and then we’d have copies made.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

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

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

It did not, however, eliminate the possibility that Tampa Bay potters had copied northern designs.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

"Just as long as they're somewhere that stops the code from being copied," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

I copied the text, not including Caravaggio’s full name because, in a selective display of integrity, I decided that would be cheating.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

The peptide activated distinct neuronal and metabolic pathways rather than simply copying the effects of GLP-1.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Highlighting worries about the technology, Smith pointed to a recent Anthropic report suggesting small AI models may be only months away from behaving like computer worms, copying themselves from one internet-connected device to the next.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 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

Stewart “concluded that the works contain substantial similarities in protectable musical expression, including repeated copying of the distinctively protectable melody,” the complaint alleges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

I then commenced and continued copying the Italics in Webster’s Spelling Book, until I could make them all without looking on the book.

From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass


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