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to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound
she scraped her fingernails across the chalkboard to get everyone's attention
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Recent Examples of scraped
Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 8 June 2026
Public photos, captions and comments can get scraped, saved and connected to other personal details already online.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
Google must allow news sites to opt out of having their online content scraped to feed AI overviews and other artificial intelligence services and features for British users, regulators said Wednesday.
—ABC News, 3 June 2026
How humans write, speak, code and compose was easily scraped off the internet, but the bots need more information to master how to stand, step, lift, squeeze, pour and perform other physical movements.
—Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
Text, images, and videos could be easily scraped from the internet at an industrial scale.
—Robert Hart, The Verge, 29 May 2026
If dishes have been scraped properly before loading, the cycle can usually handle the mess without issue.
—Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 28 May 2026
The 90-minute romantic dramedy was created outside of traditional filmmaking channels by a group of digital creator friends who scraped together the $100,000 budget from savings and sponsors.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 May 2026
In biology, that reality is generated by pipettes and a vivarium full of mice, not scraped from the internet.
—Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
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Firecrawl has started working with partners including Wikipedia on this, with the idea that information sources providing real value to AI systems should be compensated for it, rather than scraped silently.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 8 June 2026
Public photos, captions and comments can get scraped, saved and connected to other personal details already online.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
Google must allow news sites to opt out of having their online content scraped to feed AI overviews and other artificial intelligence services and features for British users, regulators said Wednesday.
—ABC News, 3 June 2026
How humans write, speak, code and compose was easily scraped off the internet, but the bots need more information to master how to stand, step, lift, squeeze, pour and perform other physical movements.
—Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
Text, images, and videos could be easily scraped from the internet at an industrial scale.
—Robert Hart, The Verge, 29 May 2026
If dishes have been scraped properly before loading, the cycle can usually handle the mess without issue.
—Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 28 May 2026
The 90-minute romantic dramedy was created outside of traditional filmmaking channels by a group of digital creator friends who scraped together the $100,000 budget from savings and sponsors.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 May 2026
In biology, that reality is generated by pipettes and a vivarium full of mice, not scraped from the internet.
—Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scraped
Adjective
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But ground teams detected the helium leak in Starliner's service module in the aftermath of the scrubbed countdown.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
25 May 2024
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There were no young girls floating by in elegant dresses, no scrubbed and spoiled children dressed in their finery and dragged toward churches and pagodas, no whisper of music drifting out of windows.—
Chantha Nguon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2024
Verb
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Even though Neto played on Sunday and was in the lineup on Monday afternoon, he was scratched shortly before the game.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
3 June 2026
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The Royals also caught a break, avoiding young Reds ace Chase Burns, who was scratched due to illness.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
2 June 2026
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Both of these teams are elite and gritted through losses in the College World Series to get to these finals.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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Govel even gritted through a nasty stinger on a comebacker in the bottom of the fourth.—
Jack Vita,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
Adjective
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Recalling the English folk motif of the tree as possessing healing powers, a clump of soil dug up from an orchard in Lothlórien is used to replenish the scoured Shire.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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Property Appraiser Marty Kiar has crunched the latest numbers for Broward County, offering a detailed look at the impact in the first year and beyond for both homeowners and local governments.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
29 May 2026
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The Talent Trust crunched the numbers and found that a lack of support leads to hidden waste of more than £50,000 ($67,000) across a 30-day production, with this loss coming from higher overtime and burnout costs, along with technical errors.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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Fill the crack in the door with the epoxy wood filler, spreading a small bit of the paste over the sanded area to help close and bond the edges of the crack together.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
11 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Add the dressing, cabbage and half of the scallions, cilantro and cashews (if using) to the bowl with the rice and toss until everything is well coated in the dressing.—
Emily Weinstein,
Twin Cities,
4 June 2026
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Shoppers now see cookware labeled PFAS-free, PTFE-free, PFOA-free, ceramic-coated and non-toxic without always understanding the differences between those terms.—
Ryan Brennan,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
Adjective
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The brand also collaborated with Horny Hi-Fi on a custom hi-fi system consisting of wooden loudspeakers surmounted by a second amplifier in sandblasted chrome.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
1 May 2026
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The PryBar-PlayMaker is designed for wear resistance and fingerprint prevention, due to its sandblasted surface.—
Maryna Holovnova,
New Atlas,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Scraped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scraped. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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