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to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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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Trump has denied writing the note and has sued The Wall Street Journal for its initial reporting on the matter.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025 -
Besides writing and directing the film, Dabis stars alongside real-life father and sons Mohammad Bakri, Saleh Bakri and Adam Bakri.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Sep. 2025
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TikTok deal reached Looks like Americans won’t have to worry about deleting the TikTok app off their phone.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
22 Sep. 2025
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Not only does cloud storage occupy less space, but it cannot be physically destroyed and rendered useless like physical hard drives without a user explicitly deleting information.—
Chongwei Chen,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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That's a text Izon wrote to a friend and fellow author after penning the first portion of The Encore, according to her post announcing the novel in May 2024.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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The Italian design studio has also partnered with top-tier yachtmakers, penning vessels for the likes of Rossinavi, Oceanco, and Wally.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
23 Sep. 2025
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While automakers are putting off and/or cancelling vehicles that only run on electrons, given high development costs and a weak market, Subaru is confident in the direction it is headed.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Many subscribers of Disney, ABC’s parent firm, protested the move, with some cancelling their streaming service subscriptions and hundreds marching at Disney’s Burbank office last week.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Scratching (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratching%20%28out%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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