cribbing

verb

Definition of cribbingnext
present participle of crib
as in inventing
to copy an idea, a piece of writing, etc., from someone else She cribbed a line or two from her favorite poet.

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  1. inventing
  2. manipulating
  3. simulating
Verb
  • Stroh’s Ice Cream, a Detroit ice cream company that closed in 2007, is widely credited with inventing the funky flavor.
    Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 22 Dec. 2024
  • American industry will keep inventing and keep investing.
    Kelly Livingston, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of inventing
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  • Towns has the best effective shooting rate of his career, and his penchant for drawing out and manipulating bigs is particularly fun to watch.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Well, those hands have recently become even more useful, as each one is now capable of simultaneously holding and manipulating an object.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of manipulating
Verb
  • When simulating tea preparation, scientists found that the polymers used in the teabags release millions and billions of various microscopic pieces of plastic.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Instead of relying on the STAR interview method, try simulating interviews directly with ChatGPT.
    Laura M. Labovich, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of simulating
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