Noun
The action of duplicating (text, an object, etc.) by copying it and later pasting somewhere else.
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Paragraphs, images or diagrams are frequently assembled manually by copy-paste actions.
Optimizing your META Keywords field is remarkably easy, especially if you have just optimized your page titles. All you need to do is a simple copy-paste.
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It also has disadvantages; for one thing, the lack of focus on program structure leads to lots of copy-paste programming and poorly structured programs. Language workbenches support developing new kinds of programming platforms like this.
Material incorporated into another work with minimal or no changes.
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The interesting fact, however, is that the Regulation takes as a model, or better to say it is mostly a copy-paste of the text, of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods rather than being adjusted to the needs of Kosovo.
An idea, design, or action lacks originality, as if it was simply duplicated from somewhere else.
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A clone of something, figuratively or otherwise.
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Verb
To copy (text, an object, etc.) and later paste it somewhere else.
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It can be useful to copy-paste frames to transfer a sequence from the main timeline to the timeline of a clip symbol.
Adjective
Identical or very similar, as though copied and pasted.
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