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copied

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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
The lecture last week focused on how anti-Mexican politics have always worked in Orange County and usually go on to be copied nationwide. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026 In traditional enterprise architecture, data is largely stored, copied and moved. — Kobi Nissan, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 In September 2026, news outlets Wired and 404 Media analyzed data that hackers had copied from one Flock camera. — Henry F. Fradella, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026 Being from Texas, Sewell no doubt liked things big, so he was attracted to the concept of a pizza that was thicker than flat-crust pies that copied the Italian model. — Edward Robert McClelland, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026 The agent took the phone away and only returned after approximately 45 minutes, during which Kennedy believes that data on the phone was copied. — Cyrus Farivar, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2026 La Presse said that a 2012 short story by Orelien had plagiarized passages from a book by French author Louis Pauwels, while a 2013 opinion piece copied from The Philippine Star newspaper. — CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026 The footwear company behind the Crocs brand of foam footwear is suing the discount retailer, claiming that Five Below copied Crocs footwear and items used to decorate the shoes. — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026 At the time, CEO Jesse Lyu told Fast Company his decision to make the R1 a standalone product was part of a strategy to protect Rabbit's AI model from being copied, and to help its service stand out from the crowd. — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for copied
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
Verb
  • In all of the sketchbook entries reproduced here, Ross seems to offer a bridge between the representation of emptiness and the lived sensation of it.
    — Ryan Sullivan, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Instead of providing more security, its obfuscation tactics challenged experts, who then reproduced—and improved upon—the result.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The slow exchange with oxygen is imitated with micro-oxygenation technology — essentially, blowing bubbles through the wine.
    — Peter Hahn, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026
  • This succinct statement follows outpourings of both support and criticism of Sims, including additional allegations that YISE has imitated other beauty brands—the very thing Sims was lamenting.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 21 Sep. 2026
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
Verb
  • This has been replicated many times before, even by Lacoste, but most notably by the brand Sneex.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Traditional data mapping focuses on where information is stored and replicated.
    — Kobi Nissan, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Others snapped selfies holding physical copies of Hard Court and marveled at the chestnut burrs—that emulated the look of tennis balls—placed around the shop.
    — Paul Chi, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Liccardo pitched the framework as a legislative model that could be emulated across levels of local government in the Bay Area to create region-wide protection against potential ICE facilities.
    — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Summary Leaders are increasingly sounding generic, often using similar buzzwords, a trend exacerbated by AI's ability to generate competent but unoriginal communication.
    — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • No moral panic is more unoriginal than the fear that contemporary men are no longer as manly as the heroes who preceded them.
    — Elizabeth Dray, STAT, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • They were rendered invisible in the dominant discourse, their deaths acceptable costs in a game of power politics and conquest.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Abercrombie, who was born in Texas in 1909 and grew up in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, is known for enigmatic, psychologically potent compositions of natural objects and mysterious figures rendered in a muted palette.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Copied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copied. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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