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They’ve sometimes cribbed the language of corporate diversity, equity and inclusion programs, labeling introverts as an underrepresented group, flagging bias against introverts when hiring and promoting, and referring to extroverts who support introverts as allies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

She was 17 when they wed, beginning a royal partnership that seemed cribbed from a fairytale and would span almost seven decades.

From Barron's • Oct. 25, 2025

He started a short-lived humor magazine, Read ’Em and Grin, mainly using jokes cribbed from other sources and selling ads to local merchants.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2024

In-I-Nout, as the imitation was originally known, not only cribbed In-N-Out’s recipes but also furnished its dining room with red diner booths, a faux plant wall and a reversed In-N-Out logo.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2023

It would perhaps be unfair to say that the Romans cribbed their calendar from “decadent” Egypt, but not unfair by much.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro