How to Use plagiarism in a Sentence

plagiarism

noun
Definition of plagiarismnext
  • Swapping words for synonyms is enough to evade some plagiarism detection software.
    — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2021
  • Yes, an embarrassing plagiarism scandal doomed his first bid.
    — Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 16 Jan. 2021
  • The penalties for plagiarism are severe and can include being expelled from the university.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2020
  • After Muñoz's apology and the school board's vote to suspend him for five days, a parent in the district found other possible examples of plagiarism.
    — Erin Golden, Star Tribune, 28 Jan. 2021
  • There were people who knew there had been plagiarism and that some of what was in his stories was false.
    — Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Just as a note: In social science, this is not plagiarism.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Mar. 2021
  • After being accused of plagiarism, Wilson dropped out of school at the age of 15.
    — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 21 Apr. 2022
  • The apparent plagiarism did not stop with the 2013 thesis.
    — Bydaniel Garisto, science.org, 13 Apr. 2023
  • On and on it went, with as many as five or more instances of plagiarism in every single sermon.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Many claim this amounts to a high-tech form of plagiarism that could seriously harm human artists in the near future.
    — Nik Popli, Time, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Some researchers want to crack down on undisclosed AI writing, to screen for it just as journals might screen for plagiarism.
    — Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Both state that students should learn how to identify and avoid plagiarism.
    — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Most people don’t think that cookbooks have always been an act of plagiarism.
    — Washington Post, 2 June 2021
  • Raines was felled, in large part, by the plagiarism and fraud perpetrated by a troubled young reporter, Jayson Blair.
    — Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Even within those contexts, a politician can get in trouble for plagiarism or its close cousins in speeches and books.
    — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Sheeran was dealing with a plagiarism lawsuit, his wife’s cancerous tumor, and the death of a close friend.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The greatest damage that Ackman’s tweets have done may be to the debate over academic plagiarism.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Elon Musk invents Neuralink, a tryborg plagiarism of the cyborg mind.
    — The Cyborg Jillian Weise, Wired, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Making matters worse was the fact that Gay was the face of a university that was and is supposed to maintain standards against plagiarism.
    — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
  • And of course there are the age-old plagiarism detectors, which have also evolved to detect ChatGPT use.
    — WIRED, 28 June 2023
  • But in the past few weeks, the company has found itself in hot water amid accusations of plagiarism.
    — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 29 June 2024
  • There are discussions of plagiarism and the embezzlement of church funds.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022
  • On the face of it, Harvard’s definition of plagiarism would seem clear — and exacting.
    — Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • These concerns, along with allegations of plagiarism, led to Gay’s ouster after just a few months in office.
    — Susan Svrluga, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The Report Card is a big fan of originality and even a sniff of plagiarism — no matter if it was inspired by something else — just doesn't sit well.
    — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2021
  • The man is accused of assaulting a rival author who accused him of plagiarism.
    — Tom Nolan, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Allegations of plagiarism were leveled at the Wachowskis for lifting bits and pieces of The Matrix from varying sources.
    — Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2024
  • But the technology has also sparked concerns of AI plagiarism among teachers, who have seen students use the app to write their assignments and claim the work as their own.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2023
  • However, he was kicked out of law school over a plagiarism incident, according to the Wall Street Journal.
    — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 22 Feb. 2023
  • But in the weeks that followed, the Free Beacon published numerous plagiarism accusations against Gay.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2024

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