as in to reproduce
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 crib
Stephen Kearse, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
Judging Panel des cribbed the Gold Miner Rum as featuring:
Intense floral aromas of roses and violets entwine with decadent chocolate.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Dennis Harvey, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
Graco Sasha 5-in-1 convertible crib: on sale for $269.99
Original price: $299.99
Get a crib that grows with your baby.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2025
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Verb
The song doubles as a rebuke to Drake cribbing the title during the beef.
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—Stephen Kearse, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
Judging Panel des cribbed the Gold Miner Rum as featuring:
Intense floral aromas of roses and violets entwine with decadent chocolate.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
Both have decided he should be thrown out of the family home, into cousin Mateo’s (Darius R. Autry) crib.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
Graco Sasha 5-in-1 convertible crib: on sale for $269.99
Original price: $299.99
Get a crib that grows with your baby.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crib
Verb
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This phenomenon, called multilevel selection, is an extension of natural selection: the process by which organisms with traits better suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce.—
Conner Philson,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2025
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The results clearly reproduced a similar pattern to earlier research.—
Samuel Axon,
ArsTechnica,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Brooklyn Larsen, the creator gifted the bassinet, shared the news of their son's stillbirth in November.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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This three-in-one stroller can be used as an infant car seat carrier, infant bassinet stroller and toddler stroller.—
Nora Colomer,
Fox News,
1 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Dodging a gaggle of high-heeled hostesses with a prerequisite champagne jeroboam, I was escorted to a seat behind the DJ booth.—
Edmund Vallance,
AFAR Media,
18 Mar. 2025
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This required investing in a booth at these fairs and bringing their watches to showcase and sell.—
Bhanu Chopra,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
Verb
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So far, President Donald Trump has invented a bunch of bogus ones and Congress almost opened the door to a real one when Democrats contemplated allowing a government shutdown last week.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
19 Mar. 2025
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The automatic flour mill was invented in the late 1700s.—
Ken Fleming,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The Steelers' six Super Bowl titles, and the region's reputation as a cradle for Hall of Famers, have been built on franchise QBs.—
Ryan Deto,
Axios,
31 Mar. 2025
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Within a few paces is the entrance to Highbury Square, the apartment complex constructed on the footprint that was once the sacred cradle of Arsenal.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The city has sued a handful of property owners seeking to label their properties as public nuisances under the state's bawdy house statute.—
Mary Spicuzza,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
31 Oct. 2019
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There was probably at least one bawdy house, but it isn’t mentioned.—
Arthur Hart,
idahostatesman,
7 Apr. 2018
Noun
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Household Essentials Handwoven Tray $34 $24 at Amazon Coffee table must-haves like remotes or tissue boxes don’t always look the most aesthetically pleasing, but a tray can keep these items neat and in place with a stylish touch.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
28 Mar. 2025
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Biographers have often portrayed af Klint as the lone artistic force behind her work, but Almqvist, who found Cassel’s notebooks in an unmarked box, has another perspective.—
Jay Cheshes,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Some billions of years later, some of that multicellular life figured out how to be reasonably smart and start using tools to manipulate and control its environment.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
26 Mar. 2025
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Cybercriminals can trick authentication systems, approve fraudulent transactions or even manipulate corporate communications.—
Khurram Akhtar,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Crib.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crib. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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