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Recent Examples of scratched
When Myers was 16 years old, Gilles Bouchard scratched his head with what to do with him.
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Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Holding out hope for a big win, the woman bought a third ticket and scratched it in her car, according to the release.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
But there was no chance he was being scratched considering the lack of depth at centre and because the Oilers were making their first trip to Anaheim since Henrique was acquired after seven seasons with the Ducks.
—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Skinner getting scratched was a long time coming, the culmination of mixing like oil and water when next to Draisaitl or Connor McDavid, losing his coach’s trust for a top-six role and then rarely being given chances to regain it.
—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
But this list has barely scratched the surface.
—Rachel Wells, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
In many respects, the deeper levels of the Superman mythology have barely been scratched in Hollywood's many cinematic iterations and permutations of the character, whether on the big screen or TV.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Their likeness might be hacked from marble columns, their pronouncements annulled and their names scratched from public record.
—Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
The neighbor claimed a tree branch scratched her car and the mail carrier later complained to his supervisor.
—Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 18 Dec. 2024
Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Holding out hope for a big win, the woman bought a third ticket and scratched it in her car, according to the release.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
But there was no chance he was being scratched considering the lack of depth at centre and because the Oilers were making their first trip to Anaheim since Henrique was acquired after seven seasons with the Ducks.
—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Skinner getting scratched was a long time coming, the culmination of mixing like oil and water when next to Draisaitl or Connor McDavid, losing his coach’s trust for a top-six role and then rarely being given chances to regain it.
—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
But this list has barely scratched the surface.
—Rachel Wells, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
In many respects, the deeper levels of the Superman mythology have barely been scratched in Hollywood's many cinematic iterations and permutations of the character, whether on the big screen or TV.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Their likeness might be hacked from marble columns, their pronouncements annulled and their names scratched from public record.
—Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
The neighbor claimed a tree branch scratched her car and the mail carrier later complained to his supervisor.
—Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 18 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scratched
scraped
Verb
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These models are trained on vast, unlicensed datasets scraped from internet and music platforms.—
Virginie Berger,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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However, Large Language Models have scraped most of the data that is easily available Expect 2025 to show increasing efforts to obtain data, whether these are business contracts to acquire data, labeling systems to curate yet-untapped data, deploying more sensors, and so on.—
Nisha Talagala,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Scratched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratched. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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