1
as in writing
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 deleting
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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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Country Joe and the Fish disbanded in 1971, but McDonald kept writing music and performing through the decades.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
8 Mar. 2026 -
Taking a job with the post office to support his growing family, Mosley in the 1950s worked side gigs writing for the Pittsburgh Courier and for the magazines Ebony, Sepia, and Jet, covering jazz and sports.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
8 Mar. 2026
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Traynere then began deleting some emails.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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Some users posted guides for deleting ChatGPT accounts and migrating to Claude.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
2 Mar. 2026
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At least one Japanese refiner has started canceling exports of diesel, jet fuel and gasoline for March, and the prospect of higher domestic fuel and power prices could derail Takaichi’s plans to tackle inflation.—
Shoko Oda,
Bloomberg,
5 Mar. 2026
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Now that Iranian forces have threatened to attack any ship entering the Strait, and followed through in several cases, many insurers are cancelling pre-existing war risk policies and looking to renegotiate at higher prices.—
Natasha Bracken,
semafor.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Scratching (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratching%20%28out%29. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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