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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
Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 May 2025
These keep your car free from scratches or dents, but not every vehicle comes with a trailer hitch.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 May 2025
All the pieces were well-wrapped, so nothing got scratched or dented en route.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 12 May 2025
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Noun
Building iPhones from scratch in the US will be extremely difficult even for cash-rich Apple.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 May 2025
These keep your car free from scratches or dents, but not every vehicle comes with a trailer hitch.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
Verb
For materials that could scratch, such as china, copper, or glass, opt for a purple or blue scouring pad, which is a finer grade.
—Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 May 2025
All the pieces were well-wrapped, so nothing got scratched or dented en route.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scratch
Noun
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His round wasn’t without its bumps and scrapes, with bogeys on 1, 11 and 13 but his late round surge took him from three shots back of the lead to three shots ahead of his nearest chaser.—
Mike Dojc,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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Tilt skillet so eggs fill bare spots; scrape cooked eggs down from sides of skillet, and cook until just set, about 30 seconds.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
16 May 2025
Noun
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In the next few years, expect to see even more people quietly stacking cash from their living rooms, offering hyper-specific products and services and never worrying about beating the algorithm.—
King Holder,
Rolling Stone,
22 May 2025
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Having to pay cash for everything up front has stifled businesses’ ability to grow.—
Taylor Luck,
Christian Science Monitor,
21 May 2025
Verb
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Better yet—especially for those with a delicate face of glam—there’s no need to rub the touchless formula in once it’s applied.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
23 May 2025
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Keep the cables taut at all times, and protect the bark from rubbing by using rags or short sections of old garden hose.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 May 2025
Verb
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Anthony scribbled themes and motifs from the English poet’s work.—
Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2025
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Reed, a scientist and one of the smartest men in the world, desperately scribbles out calculations trying to find a way to save the planet.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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My assumption is that most rational human beings would happily stay in a warm and cozy office and simply listen to the building creak and groan under the force of the violent gusts.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside Online,
11 Mar. 2025
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The set is a ship’s deck that tilts and creaks ominously while a screen plays eerily textured footage of a roiling ocean.—
Houman Barekat,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Combs himself might have alluded to a propensity to stash money away in the 1997 hit that helped launch his rapping career after years as a producer and impresario.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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Opening Brands To New Strategies Beyond saving money, generative visuals enable entirely new strategies: • Localization: Tailor visuals to different regions (e.g., winter in New York, summer in Sydney) with just a few clicks.—
Zehra Soysal,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
Verb
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One study in The New York Times in 2020 showed that 95% of over 7,000 books surveyed were written by white people.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Even flawed testing provides valuable information — including how tests might be better written.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
22 May 2025
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Trump spoke to the top 220 investors of his meme coin at his Virginia golf club after flying there from the White House on a military helicopter.—
Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Aniston, now 56, played a girl trying to stop his murderous rampage after his gold coins were stolen.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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“Scratch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratch. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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