1
as in wrote
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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as in deleted
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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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Its recent underperformance has opened up an attractive entry point, wrote JPMorgan analyst Samik Chatterjee.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
26 Jan. 2026 -
Cost Cuts That Backfired What’s more, in the last year Tan led a cost-cutting effort that included retiring expensive tools used to make older data center CPUs, including the Emerald Rapids and Granite Rapids models, wrote the Journal.—
Peter Cohan,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The post was quickly deleted, but was this because Nakamura didn’t want to spoil Styles’ retirement, or is this an elaborate work to make fans think Styles will indeed retire?—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The outlet also reported that the videography company uploaded the footage directly to a computer accessible only to Brooklyn and Nicola, then deleted the footage and signed an NDA.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
22 Jan. 2026
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One of the book’s most poignant moments comes from a letter Short penned to her fiancé, Matt Gordon, an aviator who died before the two were married.—
Nathan Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Two years later, when Versace was murdered at his Miami Beach mansion, the singer and friend of the designer penned a moving eulogy for Time magazine (via HuffPost).—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
25 Jan. 2026
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Residential garbage and recycling pickup scheduled for today has been canceled, according to the news release.—
Anne Li,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
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Thus, the Special Plan Commission Meeting scheduled for February 2, 2026, has been canceled.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Scratched (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratched%20%28out%29. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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