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as in to pen
to compose and set down on paper the words of
he scribbled a quick note to his wife and taped it to the front door
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as in scrawl
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Recent Examples of scribble
David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025
Not many rum brands begin with a handshake on a beach or a business plan scribbled between surf sessions.
—Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
The ePaper tablet has support for stylus input for scribbles, annotations and doodles using a range of Smart Scribe input tools.
—New Atlas, 29 Apr. 2025
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Verb
As a reward, Colin gets a Christmas card with a time and place to meet up the following night scribbled on it.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025
Not many rum brands begin with a handshake on a beach or a business plan scribbled between surf sessions.
—Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Noun
Those willing to gamble $10 can get works of art inspired by their pups or a very cute scribble.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
The ePaper tablet has support for stylus input for scribbles, annotations and doodles using a range of Smart Scribe input tools.
—New Atlas, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scribble
Verb
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Interestingly, more people bet on the first half’s total points—about 2.3 million tickets were written—but the average amount bet was about half that of first- and third-quarter point bets.—
Brendan Coffey,
Sportico.com,
15 June 2025
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Frantz writes that Homestead was a perfect counter to the Pinkertons’ self-mythologizing.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
15 June 2025
Verb
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Veteran screenwriter and novelist Kazuki Nakashima penned the screenplay, with character designs by Takashi Okazaki and music by Yugo Kanno.—
Sara Merican,
Deadline,
13 June 2025
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Oldman also credited screenwriter James Hart for penning a script that pulled him in with its fresh take on the old classic.—
Daysia Tolentino,
EW.com,
13 June 2025
Verb
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But Goyeneche said such escapes are most common during a work or medical release, rather than busting through jail walls and taking time to scrawl a mocking message.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
17 June 2025
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After centuries of excavations, the exhibition’s organizers have much to work with, ranging from ancient graffiti scrawled on the walls of private houses to the two nearly life-size statues of a man and woman that were discovered earlier this year, per a statement.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 June 2025
Noun
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The ability to generate ideas from scratch, to truly go from nothing to something, is a skill.—
Christian Hyatt,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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But then they are just met with crying meows and scratches at the door.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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The class broke down into groups, each focusing on a different aspect of White’s story: For instance, one group attempted a handwriting analysis, while another searched for records of White during his enslavement in Maryland.—
Ellen Wexler,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 June 2025
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In other words, the historical record seems as illegible as my own prehistoric handwriting.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 June 2025
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“Scribble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scribble. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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