manuscript

Definition of manuscriptnext
as in handwriting
writing done by hand beautiful, careful manuscript on the school's diplomas

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Recent Examples of manuscript Ying’s Brentwood hotel room was searched by law enforcement officers, who found that blank manuscripts that were in the style of those missing from UCLA, prosecutors said. Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 9 July 2026 Even those who do manage to sell a manuscript typically receive relatively modest advances, and few earn enough from fiction alone to make a living. Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 July 2026 The platform uses multiple AI models—including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Llama—to generate cohesive nonfiction manuscripts. Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 3 July 2026 The dining room table, where the sisters wrote, is strewn with manuscripts, quill pens and tea cups; a bonnet and shawl bedeck a chair in the small kitchen. Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for manuscript
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Noun
  • My grandma developed beautiful handwriting as a right-hander.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 13 July 2026
  • Hurst hopes more context can be gleaned by further studies of the many other plaster scraps—which bear different handwriting from at least one other scribe—and by excavating more of the lost city.
    Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 13 July 2026
Noun
  • Kyoto calligraphy is often paired with tea ceremonies.
    Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026
  • As preschoolers dance, paint and play inside a Sunset Park daycare center, seniors sing traditional Chinese opera, exercise and practice calligraphy just one block away.
    Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 22 May 2026

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“Manuscript.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manuscript. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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