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Recent Examples of scrawl
Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 5 Mar. 2026
Wojick still has the numbers scrawled on his whiteboard.
—Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Who among us had a little pad on our nightstand, a stack of swollen notebooks beneath our bed, pages puffy with scrawl?
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
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Verb
In the nearly nine months since the shootings, her name has been scrawled on firearms used in other deadly attacks.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 5 Mar. 2026
Wojick still has the numbers scrawled on his whiteboard.
—Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
There are notebooks covered in Paulsen’s thin scrawl and play drawings everywhere.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Who among us had a little pad on our nightstand, a stack of swollen notebooks beneath our bed, pages puffy with scrawl?
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrawl
Verb
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Melville, reading Emerson’s two essay collections in the 1860s, scribbled a mix of agreement and strong disagreement in their margins.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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Oz prepared to turn over a piece of paper with a name scribbled on it with a Sharpie.—
Weijia Jiang,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Be sure to only use cleaning formulas designed for auto glass and microfiber cloths to prevent damage and scratches.—
Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
25 Apr. 2026
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Propagation and growing seeds from scratch requires space.—
Tessa Cooper,
The Spruce,
25 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The dramedy, which doesn’t have an English-language title yet, is written and directed by Szifron, whose 2014 film Wild Tales was Argentina’s contender and nominee for what was then known as the Oscar’s best foreign-language film section.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Apr. 2026
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Jim Varsallone writes a high school sports column twice a week, featuring top performers in all varsity sports (boys and girls) in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.—
Miami Herald Staff Reports,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Those who identify Elise as Malfatti contend that Nohl simply misread Beethoven’s handwriting of the name Therese.—
Brian Duignan,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
24 Apr. 2026
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For very young children, gardening increases hand-eye coordination, which is linked to success in handwriting, math and reading.—
Shelley Mitchell,
The Conversation,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Scrawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrawl. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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