How to Use plagiarism in a Sentence

plagiarism

noun
  • The student has been accused of plagiarism.
  • There were people who knew there had been plagiarism and that some of what was in his stories was false.
    Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2022
  • After being accused of plagiarism, Wilson dropped out of school at the age of 15.
    Susan Glaser, cleveland, 21 Apr. 2022
  • The apparent plagiarism did not stop with the 2013 thesis.
    Bydaniel Garisto, science.org, 13 Apr. 2023
  • On and on it went, with as many as five or more instances of plagiarism in every single sermon.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Many claim this amounts to a high-tech form of plagiarism that could seriously harm human artists in the near future.
    Nik Popli, Time, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Some researchers want to crack down on undisclosed AI writing, to screen for it just as journals might screen for plagiarism.
    Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Both state that students should learn how to identify and avoid plagiarism.
    Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Raines was felled, in large part, by the plagiarism and fraud perpetrated by a troubled young reporter, Jayson Blair.
    Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Even within those contexts, a politician can get in trouble for plagiarism or its close cousins in speeches and books.
    Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Sheeran was dealing with a plagiarism lawsuit, his wife’s cancerous tumor, and the death of a close friend.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The greatest damage that Ackman’s tweets have done may be to the debate over academic plagiarism.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Elon Musk invents Neuralink, a tryborg plagiarism of the cyborg mind.
    The Cyborg Jillian Weise, Wired, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Making matters worse was the fact that Gay was the face of a university that was and is supposed to maintain standards against plagiarism.
    Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
  • And of course there are the age-old plagiarism detectors, which have also evolved to detect ChatGPT use.
    WIRED, 28 June 2023
  • There are discussions of plagiarism and the embezzlement of church funds.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022
  • On the face of it, Harvard’s definition of plagiarism would seem clear — and exacting.
    Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • These concerns, along with allegations of plagiarism, led to Gay’s ouster after just a few months in office.
    Susan Svrluga, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The Report Card is a big fan of originality and even a sniff of plagiarism — no matter if it was inspired by something else — just doesn't sit well.
    Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2021
  • The man is accused of assaulting a rival author who accused him of plagiarism.
    Tom Nolan, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022
  • But the technology has also sparked concerns of AI plagiarism among teachers, who have seen students use the app to write their assignments and claim the work as their own.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2023
  • However, he was kicked out of law school over a plagiarism incident, according to the Wall Street Journal.
    Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 22 Feb. 2023
  • In response, Masihzadeh filed a plagiarism suit against Farhadi.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Accused of plagiarism, Mr. Ouologuem stopped writing and returned to Mali.
    New York Times, 22 July 2022
  • Here’s a look at how the dispute has escalated since Dorland made her initial plagiarism claim.
    BostonGlobe.com, 5 Oct. 2021
  • Under that name, she had been accused of plagiarism multiple times.
    Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2022
  • Many instructors haven’t yet had a chance to learn how Turnitin’s AI reports work, which is different from the plagiarism reports the software has offered for years.
    Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The voter guide responses marked the second time in recent weeks that questions of alleged plagiarism have surfaced in her campaign.
    Lea Skene, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2022
  • There are plagiarism scandals and the cutting of difficult toenails.
    Dwight Garner, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2022
  • He's accused of plagiarism and inventing bird species for his personal gain.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2023

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