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backhand

noun

Definition of backhand

as in copperplate

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Recent Examples of backhand When one child woke up, the prosecutor said, Xuan allegedly hit them with a backhand and ordered them to go back to sleep. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026 From near the left dot, Boldy hammered home a no-look backhand pass by Kaprizov for a 5-2 lead late in the second period, leading to hats aplenty landing on the ice. — CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 In his second straight victory since being disqualified at the China Open for hitting a spectator in the eye with a ball, Medvedev converted his fourth match point when his Czech opponent sent a backhand volley wide. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 Suzuki saw Kreider in the middle and assumed Kreider would drive the net, so Suzuki put a puck there on his backhand, somewhat unexpectedly. — Arpon Basu, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for backhand

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Noun

National Archives and Records Administration The exhibit features a number of historic papers, including an original engraving of the Declaration of Independence, printed from a copperplate of the original.

— Anna Alejo, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
For this work, the artist used a scraper on copperplate with determined strength, creating a print with a range of tone similar to watercolor.

— Peter Saenger, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2021

Definition of copperplate

Noun

Depending on the machine and settings, that material ends up in a purge tower built alongside the print, or in a collection of little plastic doll's-house-looking spaghetti balls, affectionately known as printer poop.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
As for footwear, an animal print or colorful shoe is sure to turn heads—as would a simple black slingback that leaves the heel exposed.

— Michel Mejía, Glamour, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of print

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Bahdanau was working with artificial neural networks, which had already shown promise in pattern-recognition tasks such as deciphering handwriting and identifying objects in photos.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026
Some handwriting experts wondered whether a lack of panache in penmanship was generational.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of handwriting

Noun

The messages, scribbled on whatever scrap of paper a sender could find, often featured misspellings and shaky penmanship; many older residents of rural areas did not know how to read or write well, if at all.

— Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Some handwriting experts wondered whether a lack of panache in penmanship was generational.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of penmanship

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Harris accepted, then asked to co-write the screenplay despite never having tackled a feature script.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Aldis Hodge and Wunmi Mosaku were previously announced to star in the movie that has a script from Nelson Greaves, with revisions by Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo.

— Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of script

Noun

The hot local labor market is running hand in hand with a hot property market.

— Claire Bushey and Peter Campbell, Ars Technica, 8 May 2023
The Great’s default mode is something close to nihilism, with violence and despair running hand in hand with opulence.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2021

Definition of running hand

Noun

At the time, Rastinejad and her colleagues wondered whether a black hole’s gravity had ripped up a companion neutron star, as if unseen godly hands had pulled it apart like dough.

— Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Employee was observed rinsing vegetables in the hand wash sink.

— NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026

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