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copy and paste

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  1. copy and pasteverb

    to copy data from one location and paste it to another.

Editors Contribution

  1. copy and paste

    To move data or information from a location to a specific place within a type of software, computer document, computer system, file, folder, server or network.

    The data can copy and paste within the spreadsheet easily and effectively.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 29, 2015  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of copy and paste in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of copy and paste in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of copy and paste in a Sentence

  1. Sean Drasher:

    Many of our requests were from people pulling from an online source, and they were being told what to ask for, we noticed a lot of our requests were copy and paste boilerplates.

  2. Silvia Cruz-Vargas:

    It doesn’t mean that we are going to copy and paste a solution that is particularly relevant in North America in countries where that may not be applicable, we have an outstanding network of local partners that are embedded within the fabric of the communities in which we operate.

  3. Roger Federer:

    I lot has happened in the past 18 months, you can't just copy and paste and play exactly the same thing again.


Translations for copy and paste

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  • copia e incollaItalian
  • скопировать и вставитьRussian
  • копіювати і вставлятиUkrainian

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