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as in to write
to compose and set down on paper the words of
scratched out a poem for his beloved wife on the home front
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2
as in to delete
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it
scratched out the old phone number and wrote in the new one
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Verb
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The former member of hometown band Post Animal has also reunited with them to write, record, and produce their new IRON album, and members Wesley Toledo and Javier Reyes performed alongside him Friday (Post Animal perform on Sunday).—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
2 Aug. 2025 -
Blackburn further wrote that the county would also need to reimburse the Bengals for two enhancement projects the team had paid for: The installation of self-checkout concessions which cost over $1.6 million. LED video boards which cost over $4 million.—
Erin Glynn,
The Enquirer,
2 Aug. 2025
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With funds to spare, $20,000 was devoted to deleting duplicate data to optimize website performance.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Worse, organizations often delete footage to save space, losing critical data in the process.—
Freddy Kuo,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
Verb
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A day prior, Leatherwood had penned an op-ed commending former President Joe Biden for deciding not to seek reelection.—
Liam Adams,
The Tennessean,
1 Aug. 2025
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Carrie Bradshaw will soon be penning her last column, and fans are sharing mixed reactions.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
1 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Timberlake has had to cancel multiple dates on the tour.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
31 July 2025
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Eleven months ago, Queens of the Stone Age cancelled all the remaining dates on their 2024 tour to allow singer Josh Homme to focus on his health.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
31 July 2025
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“Scratch (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratch%20%28out%29. Accessed 15 Aug. 2025.
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