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to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound
she scraped her fingernails across the chalkboard to get everyone's attention
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Recent Examples of scraped
Ryan Browne, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
Most of the posters had been scraped away by Wednesday, though remnants of them remained.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Dec. 2024
Small infestations can be scraped off by hand or removed through pruning at any time.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
Their parents, Henry and Lucretia Clark, scraped together money in 1995 to buy the building and the siblings didn’t want to let go of it.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Puritans, in search of religious freedom, sacrificed everything, came to America, battled the harsh winters and scraped up enough food – thanks to the help of Native Americans – to enjoy a feast.
—Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
Month by month, the savings that Rosaline George scraped together in her years as a journalist and local government employee have been dwindling as the 97-year-old pays out of pocket for hourly care.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
Generative AI models often rely on vast datasets scraped from publicly available digital content, much of which includes artwork, illustrations, and other creative works created by artists.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2024
Larger cars like SUVs and trucks generally do not need to slow down as much as smaller, lower cars to pass through a speed hump smoothly and without getting scraped.
—Eva Wen, Journal Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024
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Some artists and publishers are unhappy with the way their content is being scraped freely by companies like OpenAI and Google to train their large language models — AI models trained on huge quantities of data to generate humanlike responses.
—Ryan Browne, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
Most of the posters had been scraped away by Wednesday, though remnants of them remained.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Dec. 2024
Small infestations can be scraped off by hand or removed through pruning at any time.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
Their parents, Henry and Lucretia Clark, scraped together money in 1995 to buy the building and the siblings didn’t want to let go of it.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Puritans, in search of religious freedom, sacrificed everything, came to America, battled the harsh winters and scraped up enough food – thanks to the help of Native Americans – to enjoy a feast.
—Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
Month by month, the savings that Rosaline George scraped together in her years as a journalist and local government employee have been dwindling as the 97-year-old pays out of pocket for hourly care.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
Generative AI models often rely on vast datasets scraped from publicly available digital content, much of which includes artwork, illustrations, and other creative works created by artists.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2024
Larger cars like SUVs and trucks generally do not need to slow down as much as smaller, lower cars to pass through a speed hump smoothly and without getting scraped.
—Eva Wen, Journal Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scraped
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But ground teams detected the helium leak in Starliner's service module in the aftermath of the scrubbed countdown.Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 25 May 2024
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There were no young girls floating by in elegant dresses, no scrubbed and spoiled children dressed in their finery and dragged toward churches and pagodas, no whisper of music drifting out of windows.Chantha Nguon, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2024
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While the Pistons already had listed starting small forward Tobias Harris out with a sprained right thumb, Jaden Ivey, who had been listed as the starting shooting guard, was scratched just prior to tipoff with knee pain.Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 Dec. 2024
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This kid came up through covid, has had 3 head coaches already, and has been healthy scratched by them all, including in the playoffs.Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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Numbers may be higher, though since the numbers were only crunched through November.Saleen Martin, The Courier-Journal, 16 Dec. 2024
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Speaking in purely economic terms, researcher Daniel Jernigan crunched numbers and found a per-capita annual cost in our state (per the Centers for Disease Control) of $843 — more than $350 of which is paid out by government — and taxes that add up to less than $20.New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
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There is just cause for the soapier parts: Manet was married, and Morisot wed his brother.Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2024
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The group that seems to have inspired Reid is Fleetwood Mac, which, with its shifting intramural love relationships, sundry drug problems and issues of control — the soapiest of rock’s many operas — was a romance novel/miniseries waiting to happen.Robert LloydTelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2023
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All those extra sharp points give it better grip on waxy surfaces like the exterior of a tomato or watermelon and make for fast, easy slicing.Jesse Raub, Bon Appétit, 2 Dec. 2024
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And this winter, the new(ish) closet staple is back and better than ever with chic, waxy iterations from Barbour to Mango.Laura Jackson, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Scraped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scraped. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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