scratched (out)

past tense of scratch (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scratched (out)
Verb
  • In a post on X , the company wrote that access would be soon expanding, and that potential users could download the app now to join the waitlist.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Pearl Miles, 29, reading her yearbook, and the message her husband wrote inside.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The season ends on a hell of a cliffhanger, with one of the Nates revealing that the other one got deleted.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Following their arrests, Active Club Canada’s public network went dark, Telegram pages were deleted or rebranded, and the club went virtually silent.
    Art Jipson, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Rabbit Hole will be penned by Dune scribe Jon Spaihts; plot details are unknown at this time.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
  • On Monday, nine former directors of the CDC, who served under both Republican and Democratic Administrations, penned an op-ed in the New York Times decrying Kennedy’s public health moves.
    Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Though Davies planned to reunite the band for a tour in 2015, it was canceled when the musician was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of cancer that attacks plasma cells.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Last year, Romania controversially canceled the turnout of a presidential election that produced a victory for a far-right independent, arguing his campaign was backed by Russian interference and disqualifying his candidacy.
    Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Scratched (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratched%20%28out%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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