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to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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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In a post shared to Reddit, the woman writes that her mother-in-law is going overboard now that fall is near.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
14 Sep. 2025 -
Kurfi writes that calligraphy has been among the most important art forms in the Islamic world since Islam’s early decades.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
14 Sep. 2025
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In contrast, lossy audio is a compressed file format that deletes some of the original audio information.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
10 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 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 18 Sep. 2025.
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