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Recent Examples of scratched
Pavel Mintyukov, defenseman, B Olen Zellweger, defenseman, B Mintyukov was scratched for a stint and Zellweger has seen his power-play usage halved year-over-year.
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Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 7 Feb. 2026
Over time, plastic containers can become scratched, stained, or damaged, and that starts to pose a food safety risk, explains Dragomir Markovic, food scientist and founder of Wise Intake.
—Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2026
Forwards Jeff Skinner and Pavol Regenda were also scratched on Wednesday.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026
Now Nyquist has been banished to the press box, scratched for 12 of 15 games since the start of January.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
In his pre-trial ruling last July, the judge said such questions were irrelevant to ex-security guard Emani Ellis’ claims that Cardi had scratched her cheek with an acrylic fingernail during an altercation outside a Beverly Hills doctor’s office in 2018.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2026
White Abarrio — the 2025 Pegasus winner who was scratched on-track at the Breeders’ Cup last year and hadn’t run since — was one of the favorites for this race, and few thought the 7-year-old Skippylongstocking would have enough to get to the line first.
—Tim Reynolds, Sun Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026
In testing, YouTuber JerryRigEverything found that while the Galaxy S23 scratched at a level 6, the S24 and S25 models held out until a level 7.
—Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Teravainen missed his third straight game with an upper-body injury, and Burakovsky was scratched with an illness.
—CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 7 Feb. 2026
Over time, plastic containers can become scratched, stained, or damaged, and that starts to pose a food safety risk, explains Dragomir Markovic, food scientist and founder of Wise Intake.
—Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2026
Forwards Jeff Skinner and Pavol Regenda were also scratched on Wednesday.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026
Now Nyquist has been banished to the press box, scratched for 12 of 15 games since the start of January.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
In his pre-trial ruling last July, the judge said such questions were irrelevant to ex-security guard Emani Ellis’ claims that Cardi had scratched her cheek with an acrylic fingernail during an altercation outside a Beverly Hills doctor’s office in 2018.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2026
White Abarrio — the 2025 Pegasus winner who was scratched on-track at the Breeders’ Cup last year and hadn’t run since — was one of the favorites for this race, and few thought the 7-year-old Skippylongstocking would have enough to get to the line first.
—Tim Reynolds, Sun Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026
In testing, YouTuber JerryRigEverything found that while the Galaxy S23 scratched at a level 6, the S24 and S25 models held out until a level 7.
—Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Teravainen missed his third straight game with an upper-body injury, and Burakovsky was scratched with an illness.
—CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scratched
Verb
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Bernardo Silva scraped in an equaliser from close range.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Once exposed, that data can be copied, scraped and shared forever.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup grated Parmesan on top.—
Gretchen McKay,
Twin Cities,
11 Feb. 2026
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Parmesan, finely grated (about 1½ cups).—
Chris Morocco,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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School officials gathered and answered the questions scribbled on index cards.—
Jessica Ma,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Feb. 2026
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In those brownstones, the icons scribbled about notepads and surrendered those eternal drafts to thin paper zines.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Verb
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There’s a novella of a wine list, with by-the-glass options obscurely scrawled on a mirror above the bar.—
Charlie Hobbs,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
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Vandals recently scrawled graffiti inside Yosemite National Park near the popular Bridalveil Falls Trail.—
Outside,
Outside,
27 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Scratched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratched. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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