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noun

Definition of cursivenext
as in handwriting
a type of writing in which all the letters in a word are connected to each other He writes in cursive when he takes notes.

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adjective

as in informal

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Recent Examples of cursive
Noun
Her granddaughter was able to read a letter that her deceased father, the lawmaker’s son, had written in cursive only because her school still chose to teach the skill. — Mary Jean Tecce Decarlo, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026 The letters from Mexico arrived on graph paper, in a tight cursive that the South African students had never seen before. — Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026
Adjective
Here is a look at the flag, and the team used more of a cursive font this year compared to the 2025 version. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026 However, many states have brought cursive requirements back to the classroom, with 27 states now mandating cursive instruction. — Jillian Pretzel, Parents, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for cursive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cursive
  1. handwriting
  2. informal
  3. print
  4. unauthorized
  5. automatic
  6. spontaneous
  7. instinctive
  8. impulsive
Noun
  • The show is arranged in eight parts and begins with a large white wall at the entrance with the title of the show scrawled in RM’s handwriting.
    — Christine Terrisse, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The support for styluses like the Surface Pen on touch screens is robust, with incredibly smooth handwriting-to-text conversion and pressure sensitivity.
    — Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of handwriting
Adjective
  • Gun homicides mostly affect South Africa’s poorest communities in townships and informal settlements made up of shacks and small homes on the edges of big cities.
    — Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Gun homicides mostly affect South Africa's poorest communities in townships and informal settlements made up of shacks and small homes on the edges of many big cities.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of informal
Noun
  • The latest monthly nonfarm payrolls data and unemployment rate are due out later in the week, following the core PCE index and latest quarterly GDP growth print.
    — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026
  • On September 23, the actress was spotted out and about in head-to-toe animal print.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of print
Adjective
  • The company said the model had demonstrated leaps in completing tasks, but OpenAI needed to balance that capability against unauthorized behavior.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
  • In July, Anthropic described three instances where its Claude models accessed the internet during an evaluation and gained unauthorized access to the real systems of three different organizations.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of unauthorized
Adjective
  • The obvious next step is to make the system more automatic, not less.
    — Mark Lewyn, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Agentic payments can make compensation granular, automatic and economically viable at machine scale.
    — Shlomit Wagman, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of automatic
Adjective
  • But the tale of that Thursday’s spontaneous, viral resistance is narrated by its proud participants.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Every piece of marketing that shows the licensed product—a social post, an ad, even a spontaneous Instagram Reel—needs prior approval, which is a real adjustment for e-commerce brands used to posting the moment something sells out.
    — David Born, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of spontaneous
Adjective
  • There had been this instinctive belief that maybe somebody like that could protect himself.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The Vulcan became more emotionless, while William Shatner’s Kirk — who replaced Jeffrey Hunter’s Pike — became a little more instinctive.
    — Neil Oseman, Space.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of instinctive
Adjective
  • Before talking yourself out of it, ask whether the risk feels meaningful rather than merely impulsive.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Full moons are emotionally charged, so try not to make any impulsive decisions, at least not right now.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of impulsive

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“Cursive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cursive. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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