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you can't just copy the encyclopedia article verbatim for your report—that's plagiarism
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Recent Examples of verbatim
Although the Dallas Morning News reprinted my column verbatim and the Fort Worth Report ran follow-up stories, little has happened.
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Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 July 2024
During his appearances on Fox News, Giuliani repeated almost verbatim the conspiracy-minded talking points of another former member of the Party of Regions and Kharkiv native, Andriy Derkach, illustrating the pathway by which pro-Russian disinformation traveled into the U.S. news media.
—Michael Carpenter, Foreign Affairs, 26 Nov. 2019
Tirico repeated the apology almost verbatim at the top of NBC’s Saturday primetime Olympic coverage.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2024
Over the years, creators have frequently accused one another of stealing ideas, often citing videos that appear to have copied someone else’s concept or script verbatim.
—Angela Yang, NBC News, 7 Aug. 2024
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Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 July 2024
During his appearances on Fox News, Giuliani repeated almost verbatim the conspiracy-minded talking points of another former member of the Party of Regions and Kharkiv native, Andriy Derkach, illustrating the pathway by which pro-Russian disinformation traveled into the U.S. news media.
—Michael Carpenter, Foreign Affairs, 26 Nov. 2019
Tirico repeated the apology almost verbatim at the top of NBC’s Saturday primetime Olympic coverage.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2024
Over the years, creators have frequently accused one another of stealing ideas, often citing videos that appear to have copied someone else’s concept or script verbatim.
—Angela Yang, NBC News, 7 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for verbatim
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About half of new wireless subscribers are signing on directly to the Boost network, but that share needs to grow.Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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And business leaders have been clear that those costs will likely get passed directly to their customers.Melvin Backman, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
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Some professors hesitate to grade accurately because of student evaluations, which are often more negative for tough graders.Karin Klein, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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After six rounds the judge accurately guessed the number 89% of the time.Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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Ordinary suburban houses are filled with electronic devices and equipment that can sometimes emit electromagnetic noise at exactly the frequencies that radio telescopes aim to detect.The Physics arXiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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The more Beijing believes that the United States is trying to weaken Chinese influence by driving a wedge between China and North Korea, the more valuable North Korea becomes to China—which may be exactly Pyongyang’s calculus.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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“Verbatim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verbatim. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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