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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 -
The self-sustaining community makes everything from scratch, but must venture to the mainland occasionally for firewood and deer meat.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
20 June 2025
Noun
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No more scribbles in the margins or lookups that kill gameplay momentum.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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But like many aspiring authors shy about their talent, Agathe only scribbles in her spare time and refuses to let anyone read her work.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2025
Noun
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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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