How to Use plagiarism in a Sentence

plagiarism

noun
  • The student has been accused of plagiarism.
  • Is there such a thing as good plagiarism?
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
  • There were all these kind of plagiarisms or homages to Soap in the show.
    — Denise Martin, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2024
  • While the school called it plagiarism, the parents and their lawyer disagree.
    — Brie Stimson, Fox News, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Posting your work as their own is plagiarism, plain and simple.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • This isn’t the first time Channel 4 has been caught up in a plagiarism row.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Chekhovich believes most instances are due to self-plagiarism.
    — Dalmeet Singh Chawla, Science | AAAS, 8 Jan. 2020
  • There is a rough story line that relates to plagiarism, which goes as follows.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Most people don’t think that cookbooks have always been an act of plagiarism.
    — Washington Post, 2 June 2021
  • Both state that students should learn how to identify and avoid plagiarism.
    — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The teacher spoke to the class about plagiarism and called Callard’s mother.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Eventually, there will be enough trust to talk about the plagiarism.
    — Lori Gottlieb, The Cut, 18 Aug. 2017
  • Anybody who embarks on a study of plagiarism hoping for bright lines is in for a foggy shock.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The site then runs a plagiarism check and examines whether the paper makes a harmful claim.
    — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 22 Oct. 2020
  • But Biden was already sliding by the time those plagiarism stories hit.
    — David Mark, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 July 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
  • If imitation is the best form of flattery, plagiarism may well be the dumbest.
    — Ian Bremmer, Time, 5 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • The safest form of plagiarism, by common consent, is self-plagiarism.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
  • But in the academe there are standards, and plagiarism is considered breaking those standards.
    — Mará Rose Williams, kansascity, 10 Aug. 2017
  • Does failing a class due to plagiarism impact your GPA?
    — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 12 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • There are discussions of plagiarism and the embezzlement of church funds.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022
  • But in the past few weeks, the company has found itself in hot water amid accusations of plagiarism.
    — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 29 June 2024
  • After being accused of plagiarism, Wilson dropped out of school at the age of 15.
    — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 21 Apr. 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
  • 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
  • Critics also alleged plagiarism, then abandoned that charge when no evidence emerged.
    — Ilya Shapiro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Many responded by banning the tool outright, fearing cheating and plagiarism.
    — Ulrich Boser, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026

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