Example Sentences

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But some are copying the Y2K aesthetic in a deliberate nod to the past.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

It’s a little bit like a spelling test, but instead of single words, students are copying down several paragraphs of writing.

From NewsForKids.net • Jun. 8, 2023

"There are people who want to suppress the right to vote, and they are copying each other," Brown added.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2023

Now, rivals are copying the company's production technology, buying some of the same equipment Tesla uses.

From Reuters • Feb. 24, 2023

She motions me to the back of the room, where history books are stacked waist high and a bunch of kids are copying answers for last night’s homework.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko