Thesaurus results for CRIBBING

cribbing

verb

Definition of cribbing

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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Recent Examples of cribbing Although his personal favorite interpretation is Craig’s, the actor wanted to focus on the philosophical pillars of the character, rather than cribbing from anyone else’s work. — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026

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Bell’s scheme, presented in a journal devoted to eugenics and geared toward optimizing dietary protein, would later resurface at another moment of food anxiety, when Walter Voegtlin was inventing the Paleo diet in the 1970s.

— David Merritt Johns, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026
Join the team inventing impactful AI solutions to shape the future of finance.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2026

Definition of inventing

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Both are easier than plagiarizing Wikipedia ever was!

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 13 Apr. 2026
Rankings influence many disciplines and can mutate values as well as goals, leading academics to such unscholarly behaviors as plagiarizing others’ work, unintentionally manipulating data, or outright falsifying it.

— Big Think, Big Think, 20 Feb. 2026

Definition of plagiarizing

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According to the letter writer, the sea lions living and reproducing pups in the safety of La Jolla Cove should just go somewhere else along the very long California coastline.

— U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2026
Facing long odds, Sydney commits to leading without reproducing the toxicity she’s witnessed from Carmy.

— Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 June 2026

Definition of reproducing

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Contributor Steven Vargas reported on how surviving dance companies and artists are forging ahead in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic and diminished funding.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
This partnership underscores a broader trend of private aviation firms forging alliances with major sports.

— Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of forging

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This is by no means the first time that HAARP has been accused of controlling or manipulating the weather.

— Emma Woollacott, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
After Cape Fear anchors us in those assurances, the men’s enmity continues manipulating our expectations and our beliefs.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026

Definition of manipulating

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This has become increasingly difficult, with professional players routinely simulating injuries and an offside rule that is interpreted to within fractions of an inch.

— Eric Zillmer, Scientific American, 26 June 2026
My research focused on simulating how special light waves interact in liquid crystals and using simple equations to approximate and understand those interactions.

— Benjamin Skuse, IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2026

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