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Recent Examples of scrawl
Zoe Sottile, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
The numb detachment scrawled across Sofia’s face points to her resentment at having to put her life on hold while tending to the endless needs of her demanding mother, who uses a wheelchair but has been known to walk on rare occasions.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
Still, Bublé rolled up his sleeve, presented his arm to her, and gave her a pen to scrawl her name on it.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2025
Turing’s proof of the theorem is scrawled over two sheets.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025
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Verb
The message was scrawled in chalk on the pavement surrounding the park and reflected on the posters demonstrators waved and in the messages from speakers.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
The numb detachment scrawled across Sofia’s face points to her resentment at having to put her life on hold while tending to the endless needs of her demanding mother, who uses a wheelchair but has been known to walk on rare occasions.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
Still, Bublé rolled up his sleeve, presented his arm to her, and gave her a pen to scrawl her name on it.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2025
Turing’s proof of the theorem is scrawled over two sheets.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrawl
Verb
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The cop obliged, scribbling the man’s address on a piece of paper.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
26 Feb. 2025
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Trump could scribble Kyle Rittenhouse's name on a napkin and have 50 votes to confirm him to any office in the federal government.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Here’s how: Instead of developing a general-purpose AI from scratch, new models will extract relevant medical knowledge from existing large language models (just like DeepSeek did using distillation).—
Robert Pearl,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Jarren Duran was slated to make his spring debut on Sunday but was a late scratch due to a sore calf.—
Mac Cerullo,
Hartford Courant,
23 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Neptune entering Aries the next day boosts your creative flow, so write, speak, draw, or dance it out.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
refinery29.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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Hammond has written and edited explainers on a number of health and wellness topics, including racial disparities in HIV treatment, the metabolic benefits of cold exposure, how the flu shot works, and solutions for seasonal dermatology woes.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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With digital labeling, no one has to try to remember who is who in your pictures (or decipher your illegible handwriting scribbled on the back).—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
14 Feb. 2025
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In his sparse notebooks, his childish, unformed handwriting was endearing to me.—
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Scrawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrawl. Accessed 8 Mar. 2025.
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