copy
noun
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original.
copied
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past participleof copy.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof copy.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
copynounan imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original.
Example Sentences
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Anthropic stored Elvis’ songs “into a permanent, general-purpose central library intended to be retained indefinitely, from which subsets were selected and copied again to train the next generation of Claude models,” the lawsuit contends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
A feline drawn from a package of pet food or kitty litter grins at viewers in “Laughing Cat,” while the eerily smiling woman in “The Refrigerator” was copied from a baking-soda ad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Guardiola only spent four seasons at Barcelona, but it was an era-defining tenure, the Catalan giants pioneering a brand of football that would be celebrated and copied the world over.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
These real-money portfolios — tracked via public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, disclosures and linked accounts — can be copied for a $9.99 monthly subscription fee.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
He’d copied the yard and house perfectly: the uneven wooden fence, the listing palm trees, the open scuttle window upstairs.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
