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passing off



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I understand that moral intuition and agree that passing off A.I.-generated prose as one’s own breaks the writer-reader contract.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

“In December, a massive upside in PPI was driven by a spike in wholesale trade for machinery and equipment, suggesting that wholesalers were likely passing off higher costs along the supply chain,” Reid notes.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

Instead, exporters kept their prices the same, passing off the cost of tariffs to any company importing their goods, which in turn responded by increasing the price of those goods to shoppers.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

“Instead, Jain and Cohen weaponized their insider knowledge to harm Palantir by passing off Palantir’s efforts as their own.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Besides being scared out of my wits, I am sick and tired of passing off my cooking for somebody else’s.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett



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