1
as in writes
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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2
as in deletes
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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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Fairbanks writes of those happy times helping her grandmother do the laundry by hand, working in the garden and listening to family lore, including her grandmother’s time at an Indian boarding school where her culture was forbidden.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025 -
Pippa writes with such a comforting wit that her books are like a sweet treat in book format.—
Tessa Bailey,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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BuzzFeed deletes the post and makes an attempt at an apology that gets deleted quickly.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
26 Aug. 2025
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The dangling bucket attack, the Google engineers explained, is made possible when a user deletes a storage bucket but, for whatever reason, references to it remain in everything from application code and apps to public documentation.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency cancels National Fire Training Academy classes.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
14 Mar. 2025
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SpaceX cancels a launch to bring astronauts home.—
Taylor Wilson,
USA TODAY,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Scratches (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratches%20%28out%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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