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something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment
she treated her buddies to a drink whenever she had the scratch for it
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Recent Examples of scratch
Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 May 2026
With Gemini Omni Flash, users can prompt the model to create videos from scratch or modify existing clips step by step.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 May 2026
Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
This all is making managers scratch their collective heads.
—Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
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Noun
But not to worry—this vacuum has three different suction modes and can work on high-pile carpets and hard floors without leaving dirt or scratches behind.
—Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 May 2026
With Gemini Omni Flash, users can prompt the model to create videos from scratch or modify existing clips step by step.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 May 2026
Verb
But a police officer had pulled him over in Corpus Christi, Texas, claiming that his license plate was scratched, even though Adelmo said the plate was clearly readable.
—Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
This all is making managers scratch their collective heads.
—Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scratch
Noun
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Cosmetic damage Dings, scrapes, scratches, and marks are typically not covered by car warranties.—
Kate Tully Ellsworth,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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There have been 22 reports of the stools collapsing, with six injuries, including bruising and scrapes.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Mohamed had paid for the appointment in cash.—
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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OpenAI was burning cash and needed significantly more for computing resources.—
Ashley Capoot,Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
Verb
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Like Haiti goalkeeper Josué Duverger, who will swap regional soccer in Germany to rub shoulders with Brazil superstars like Vinícius Júnior and Neymar.—
James Robson,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
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On Valerie, Valerie Harper’s character was killed in a car crash — and then, just to rub it in, the show was renamed The Hogan Family and Sandy Duncan moved into her house.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
23 May 2026
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This group – which included women with graying hair and comfortable OnCloud running shoes, a doctoral student scribbling in a tiny notebook and men wearing office casual chinos – were talking death over tea and vegan strawberry cookies in a gathering commonly called a Death Cafe.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026
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As a kid, Bazzana scribbled hitting strategies into a little red book.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Mr Cobra opens like a dark, cobwebbed staircase leading into a vast and foreboding space, all frantic flute and piano, creaks, and bone-chilling screeches (not to mention a slutty monologue seemingly communicated via Google Translate).—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
17 Apr. 2026
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Your baby was waking at every creak of the floorboard, every passing car, every branch scraping the window.—
Allison Palmer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Apr. 2026
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That report shows the amount of money spent on sportsbook television advertising is down from a peak in 2021 and the industry airs far fewer commercials than the pharmaceutical sector.—
Luke Connors,
Washington Post,
19 May 2026
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Their profession alchemizes money and labor into art, then back to money.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
Verb
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Who wouldn’t want to read and write about books all day?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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There has been books written about it.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
19 May 2026
Noun
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Please be fair and show the other side of the coin.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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The latest research, which includes the trajectory-tweaking gravitational effects of several satellite galaxies, indicates the odds of a collision are 50–50—a coin toss.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
22 May 2026
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“Scratch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratch. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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