cribbing

verb

Definition of cribbingnext
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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  1. inventing
  2. manipulating
  3. simulating
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  • Stroh’s Ice Cream, a Detroit ice cream company that closed in 2007, is widely credited with inventing the funky flavor.
    Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 22 Dec. 2024
  • American industry will keep inventing and keep investing.
    Kelly Livingston, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of inventing
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  • The majority is manipulating a personal tragedy to scapegoat immigrants.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Stop motion is so time-consuming — days of manipulating puppets one frame at a time for a few seconds of footage — that no animator wants to do reshoots.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of manipulating
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  • In addition to large-scale data theft, economic disruption, and intelligence breaches, quantum computers could be used for malicious purposes such as simulating and synthesizing chemical weapons or optimizing the flight trajectories of a swarm of drones.
    Charina Chou, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Nvidia’s Omniverse allows users to put together world scenes digitally, simulating a physical environment.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of simulating
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