1
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to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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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If National Public Radio had begun distributing Bibles and handguns, well, people would have wanted to talk and write about that, too.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025 -
Pearl Miles, 29, loved going through her husband's school yearbooks and reading through the personal messages written by his classmates.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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The post remains deleted, but the fallout continues across social media.—
Emma Marsden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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In addition to receiving the film, consumers who purchase Liam Neeson’s The Naked Gun on PVOD will receive several bonus features, including featurettes, deleted, alternate and extended scenes and mock ads, according to a press release from Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Brennan, who also penned the season, directed the fourth and fifth episodes.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Sep. 2025
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Rabbit Hole will be penned by Dune scribe Jon Spaihts; plot details are unknown at this time.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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More clean energy projects were cancelled in the first quarter of 2025 than the past two years combined, according to research group Atlas Public Policy.—
Jillian Magtoto,
USA Today,
31 Aug. 2025
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Or the University of Tennessee Knoxville professor who faked canceling class?—
Bryan West,
The Tennessean,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Scratch (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratch%20%28out%29. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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