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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
Shane proceeded to recite the entire show verbatim from memory.
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Darryn King, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Bill Ackman, a hedge fund manager and Trump supporter, repeated Musk’s narrative almost verbatim in a post on X.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 3 Jan. 2025
Some lines of dialogue are lifted almost verbatim from the original series.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
The court wrote that a third doctor quoted nearly verbatim from Center’s erroneous report.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2024
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Darryn King, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Bill Ackman, a hedge fund manager and Trump supporter, repeated Musk’s narrative almost verbatim in a post on X.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 3 Jan. 2025
Some lines of dialogue are lifted almost verbatim from the original series.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
The court wrote that a third doctor quoted nearly verbatim from Center’s erroneous report.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for verbatim
Adverb
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Such losses can’t be directly put at the aid system’s doorstep.—
David Sogge,
Time,
5 Apr. 2025
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Eric E. Harrison,
Arkansas Online,
5 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Hiring managers and talent management professionals must accurately predict future talent needs while assessing the current supply and demand of talent.—
Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Colors won't be represented as accurately as on an LCD or OLED screen, since E-Ink supports just 4,096 colors, rather than millions.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
1 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The research also had other limitations, including a small sample size and limited knowledge about exactly how the different machines prepared and filtered coffee.—
Jamie Ducharme,
Health,
4 Apr. 2025
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What, exactly, did his trade plans liberate the world’s largest economy from?—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Verbatim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verbatim. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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