penmanships

plural of penmanship
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as in calligraphies
writing done by hand the students spend far more time honing their computer skills than they do improving their penmanship

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manuscripts
Noun
  • Judging by her few surviving manuscripts, Austen didn’t much use commas (or paragraphs).
    — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Previous seasons saw Vernon curate the subterranean room into messy domestic tableaux, with pieces nestled among scenes of dinner parties and unfinished musical manuscripts—the detritus of a chaotic creative process.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026
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“Penmanships.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penmanships. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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