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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
New Atlas, 29 May 2026
Sweeney’s challenge won’t be building a defense from scratch.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 2026
Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 23 May 2026
The Giants scratched across another run in the sixth as Matt Chapman led off with a double and scored on a Jesus Rodriquez groundout.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 23 May 2026
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Noun
That change required the company to redesign almost everything from scratch, including the frame, geometry, supply chain, and production processes.
—New Atlas, 29 May 2026
Sweeney’s challenge won’t be building a defense from scratch.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 2026
Verb
Not only does their spray leave behind an overwhelming odor that is difficult to remove, but skunks may also have rabies, which can be transferred to your pet if they are bitten or scratched.
—Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 23 May 2026
The Giants scratched across another run in the sixth as Matt Chapman led off with a double and scored on a Jesus Rodriquez groundout.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 23 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scratch
Noun
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Students were left with bruises, scrapes or other injuries in nearly a quarter of the 450 cases reviewed by reporters.—
Clare Amari,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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First, scrape and rinse the pan.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
22 May 2026
Noun
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Wells Fargo has an excellent no-annual-fee travel card — the Wells Fargo Autograph® Card — that gets you access to all of Wells Fargo's transfer partners, easy 1-cent-per-point cash redemptions and excellent bonus spending categories.—
Jason Stauffer,
CNBC,
25 May 2026
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All tips remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 May 2026
Verb
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Inoculation involved taking pus from a pock of someone with a not-very-severe case of smallpox, making a cut in the arm of the person to be inoculated, and rubbing the pus into the cut.—
Diana Gitig,
ArsTechnica,
30 May 2026
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And that really rubbed committee members last cycle the wrong way and may have worked against them.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
Verb
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With his contribution, Scott’s Cactus Jack logo replaced the Spotify sponsor at the center of the shirt, appearing in a rough handwritten script alongside his signature scribbled face motif, both printed in Barcelona’s iconic gold, similar to the chest.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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The two teenagers who walked into a San Diego mosque with assault rifles on Monday wore patches displaying the Black Sun—a neo-Nazi iteration of the swastika—and had scribbled white-supremacist symbols in white correction fluid on their guns.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
20 May 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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Earlier, Mars square Pluto may stir tension around creativity, money, attention, or control.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
26 May 2026
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Faye, disappointed to see that the safe has no money, blames Rue for the deception and screams to wake her boyfriend.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
Verb
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Roberto Schmidt | Getty Images Hello, this is Hui Jie writing to you from Singapore.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
26 May 2026
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Reviews were mixed, writes Alex Ross.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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The President is also slated to appear on a number of coins, including a commemorative 24-karat gold coin and a $1 coin that will reportedly circulate as currency.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
29 May 2026
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In all recent drafts, the second round has gone in reverse order of win-loss record, with no lottery and ties settled by a coin toss.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Scratch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratch. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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