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Recent Examples of scrawl
Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 16 Aug. 2024
The medical records scrawled on yellowed paper 100 years ago list Mark Noble as Patient No. 1.
—Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2024
Some of the stranded scrawled their names on tarps in hopes that images posted to social media would be seen by anxious relatives.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN, 6 Oct. 2024
Then the optometrist hurried out with a name, phone number, and address scrawled on a sheet of printer paper.
—Katie Gutierrez, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
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The Universe is Composed of 14 Galaxies, a diagram of sorts that Walter scrawled on musical manuscript paper, features 14 concentric rings, each filled with cryptic text.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 16 Aug. 2024
The medical records scrawled on yellowed paper 100 years ago list Mark Noble as Patient No. 1.
—Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2024
Some of the stranded scrawled their names on tarps in hopes that images posted to social media would be seen by anxious relatives.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN, 6 Oct. 2024
Then the optometrist hurried out with a name, phone number, and address scrawled on a sheet of printer paper.
—Katie Gutierrez, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrawl
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Since football fandom kicked in in the 1970s, the path to football writing started as a teenager scribbling for a fanzine.Amy Lawrence, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024
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The man scribbled outside the boxes on his ballot and crumbled it up.Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Why Black Boxes Definitely Don’t Exist In MMMs Most providers in the market today did not build their MMM from scratch.Cody Greco, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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The town was created from scratch some thirty years ago to accommodate Zhanbay residents.PhotoVogue, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
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Produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Chris Columbus, Gremlins took the aesthetic of our favorite friendly creatures of the ‘80s — ET, Yoda — and turned it spectacularly on its head in this silly, chaotic gorefest.Janey Tracey, EW.com, 29 Nov. 2024
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Thompson has written the show’s book and penned the lyrics with Clark who also composed the score.Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Everyone's handwriting was surprisingly legible, a considerable concern when accuracy is paramount.Eric Larsen, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Nov. 2024
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The 2,500 forms marked as suspicious either had false names, duplicative handwriting or unverifiable or incorrect identifying information, officials said.Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Scrawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrawl. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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