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verbatim

adverb

(ˌ)vər-ˈbā-təm

Definition of verbatim

as in directly

in the same words you can't just copy the encyclopedia article verbatim for your report—that's plagiarism

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Recent Examples of verbatim Our Declaration of Rights of 1689 was not only the foundation of our constitutional Monarchy, but also provided the source of so many of the principles reiterated – often verbatim – in the American Bill of Rights of 1791. — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026 The parallels are uncanny — Ashley is now the general manager of the club, giving the exact same speech that Josh gave verbatim at a Monte Visto fundraiser. — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026 All five jokes generated by Gemini could be easily found almost verbatim in a quick search of r/dadjokes, as could two of the offerings from ChatGPT. — ArsTechnica, 21 Jan. 2026 However, since the languages are identical, the interpreter just repeats the exact same words verbatim after each line. — Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for verbatim

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He was stretchered off, his body immobilized against a backboard, and he was taken directly to Grady Memorial Hospital.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 22 Oct. 2026
The new technology instead places the diamond directly inside a laser cavity.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026

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Networks across the brain communicate with one another to create this perception, with information flowing between lower-level sensory regions and higher-level processing networks to accurately represent reality.

— Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
The reality, of course, is that the Southern accent is not some incorrect version of a national standard but instead a historically separate and unique dialect – or, more accurately, set of dialects.

— Valerie M. Fridland, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026

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