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[kop-ee] / ˈkɒp i /






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Were either car to come to market, the difference between the official Hippie Car and its copy could be tens of millions of dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

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

In the US, music used at campaign rallies often requires a public performance licence for it to be played for an audience, even if a campaign has already purchased a legal copy of the recording.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

I look up the hospitals close by and copy down the email addresses.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

These treatments can introduce working copies of genes, silence harmful genetic activity, or make changes directly to DNA.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Silvey's coming-of-age novel Jasper Jones sold more than half a million copies and was awarded the Book of the Year Award by the nation's peak publishing body in 2010.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

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

When word came that 100,000 copies had been printed—too late to turn back—Sheehan picked up the phone to call Ellsberg.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

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

He added that the company he worked with was working to implement "high-tech methods to beat AI" including putting moving images over photos so they cannot be copied.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

The process begins when a section of DNA is copied into messenger RNA, a molecule that carries genetic instructions to the cell's protein-producing machinery.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Lupita had copied it carefully from one of her aunt’s old envelopes.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty

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

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

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

The complaint takes issue with the song’s “repeated copying of the distinctively protectable melody” and alleges the musicians “clearly infringed” on the copyrights related to Withers’ Grammy-winning song.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

Arnauld is not copying Quintilian, but he is reworking him in order to go beyond him.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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