essay mill
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- noun
- /ˈɛseɪ ˌmɪl/
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fábrica de ensayos
- The essay mills often charge high fees.
Examples
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Many students turn to essay mills when they struggle to complete their assignments on time.
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Some students are tempted to turn to an essay mill during exam season.
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Many universities have strict policies against using an essay mill to complete coursework.
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She was caught submitting a paper she bought from an essay mill.
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Many students use an essay mill to save time.
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The rise of essay mills has sparked debates about academic integrity in schools.
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After researching, I found several essay mills that offer writing services for college students.
Synonyms
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A company that sells fake or copied academic articles to researchers
How Ethical
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'essay' (a written piece) + 'mill' (a place that produces or processes goods) yields 'a place/business that produces essays.' This noun–noun production pattern is a common, productive English formation and should be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Essay mill makes a simple picture: a mill is a place that makes many things, and here it makes essays for students. So an essay mill is 'a business that produces academic essays for students to buy and hand in as their own'.