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This article, which started with simple estimates on a piece of scratch paper derived from Newton’s laws of motion, embodies both the spirit and the letter of that idea.
March 2024
100.
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The Upshot Staff, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2024
So go grab a pencil and a piece of scratch paper and prepare to rack your brain.
—Richard Malena, Popular Mechanics, 9 Jan. 2023
Grab a pencil and a piece of scratch paper and prepare to rip your hair out (in the best way).
—Richard Malena, Popular Mechanics, 3 Jan. 2023
His narrow office was dominated by a large chalkboard spanning one wall, and his desk and his table were overflowing with scratch paper.
—Stephen Witt, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
Ronika McClain, who introduced them, officiated the ceremony, and the couple recited their own vows written on scratch paper.
—Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2022
The following riddle is one particularly punishing problem—so go grab a pencil and a piece of scratch paper and prepare to rip your hair out (in the best way).
—Richard Malena, Popular Mechanics, 22 Sep. 2022
Single Washi Tape Quilt Square (shown on smaller white pumpkin): Draw a quilt pattern on a piece of scratch paper (or use our quilt square templates).
—Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 24 Aug. 2022
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The Upshot Staff, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2024
So go grab a pencil and a piece of scratch paper and prepare to rack your brain.
—Richard Malena, Popular Mechanics, 9 Jan. 2023
Grab a pencil and a piece of scratch paper and prepare to rip your hair out (in the best way).
—Richard Malena, Popular Mechanics, 3 Jan. 2023
His narrow office was dominated by a large chalkboard spanning one wall, and his desk and his table were overflowing with scratch paper.
—Stephen Witt, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
Ronika McClain, who introduced them, officiated the ceremony, and the couple recited their own vows written on scratch paper.
—Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2022
The following riddle is one particularly punishing problem—so go grab a pencil and a piece of scratch paper and prepare to rip your hair out (in the best way).
—Richard Malena, Popular Mechanics, 22 Sep. 2022
Single Washi Tape Quilt Square (shown on smaller white pumpkin): Draw a quilt pattern on a piece of scratch paper (or use our quilt square templates).
—Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 24 Aug. 2022
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“Scratch paper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scratch%20paper. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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