as in handwritings
writing done by hand
my computer was down for most of the afternoon, so I wrote out my report in longhand
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manuscripts
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In the case of romance, professional associations such as Romance Writers of America, founded in 1980, brought writers with unsold manuscripts into contact with titans of the genre.—
Rebecca Ackermann,
The Atlantic,
5 Oct. 2025 -
The Klau Library holds more than 3,500 manuscripts and thousands of rare books and ancient texts.—
Dan Horn,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Longhands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longhands. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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