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adjective

as in cribbed

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verb

past tense of copy
1
as in reproduced
to make an exact likeness of for the movie, set designers copied the Oval Office in the White House down to the smallest detail

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2
as in imitated
to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior she shamelessly copies her idol's hairstyle and fashion choices

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Recent Examples of copied
Verb
It may get bought, sold, copied and refreshed. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026 The thing being copied is the asset. — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026 The tempo was so precise and the drums were copied exactly. — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 25 June 2026 Her own granddaughter's baptism dress included embroideries copied from that dress. — ABC News, 30 June 2026 Monks and nuns copied texts to produce Bibles and prayer books for worship, but also because writing was seen as a spiritual exercise. — Literary Hub, 6 July 2026 Their heroic labors produced the versions that, copied and recopied on papyrus and later on parchment, arrived at last at a printing press in Florence. — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026 Scientists have now copied the reptile's swimming motion in an experimental Mars rover that outperforms others in sandy soil. — New Atlas, 22 June 2026 Her clip-on ponytail, which quickly became a look fans copied when attending the tour, according to a 1990 edition of PEOPLE's Style Watch. — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for copied
  1. duplicated
  2. reproduced
  3. imitated
  4. photocopied
  5. replicated
  6. emulated
  7. unoriginal
  8. rendered
Adjective
  • This creates duplicated infrastructure, inconsistent models, and operational complexity.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The duplicated sets and near-complete location builds enable the filmmakers to make the most of Carol’s house as a setting.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
Definition of duplicated
Verb
  • The watch revives the brand’s iconic A384 case from 1969, faithfully reproduced in its distinctive 37mm tonneau shape.
    — Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • There are parts of her practice that can easily be reproduced.
    — Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 1 July 2026
Definition of reproduced
Verb
  • They were both reviled and imitated, but always watched as a pop cultural spectacle.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026
  • That never aired because it was deemed too easily imitated.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
Definition of imitated
Adjective
  • Alves described how black-and-white prints with a photocopied feel, Japanese and Chinese-inspired graphics and animal prints transform basic jeans into pieces worthy of going viral online.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Apatow had with him a chaotic pile of notes—scrawled by hand, photocopied, clearly out of order, some upside down.
    — Adrienne LaFrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Definition of photocopied
Verb
  • Infrastructure must be replicated and tailored to meet regional requirements in a global landscape.
    — Sanjay Ghare, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • That number traces back to a 2002 PET study with eight participants,4 and it has not been widely replicated, Alcaide noted.
    — Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 28 June 2026
Definition of replicated
Verb
  • Mark Ford Rosemary Tonks emulated French Symbolist poets before converting to Christianity and renouncing all her own works.
    — The New York Review of Books, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026
  • Byrd quips, adding that the next generation has emulated her work.
    — Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Definition of emulated
Adjective
  • The film's trailer looked unoriginal and uninteresting.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026
  • The first stage began in July 2025, when Meta announced comprehensive measures targeting accounts that repeatedly share unoriginal content without meaningful enhancement, building on enforcement actions that had already been taken against 500,000 accounts in the first half of the year.
    — Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 23 June 2026
Definition of unoriginal
Verb
  • The rain had rendered the dirt tracks we were meant to use … um, unusable.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026
  • The responding officers rendered first aid to the victims before they were taken to local hospitals.
    — Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of rendered

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