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Recent Examples of scrawl
Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Wilson showed her a picture of their first tag, an illegible scrawl.
—Madeleine Wulfahrt, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
Imamura sat back and watched as Hokazono scrawled a series of character names and plot beats in rapid succession.
—Matt Alt, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Given that the real-life Warrens lived well into their old age, and their daughter Judy Spera now runs her own company for paranormal investigation (and, further, that the film has been heavily marketed as the final film for the fictional Warrens), the scrawl does seem a bit tepid at best.
—Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Wilson showed her a picture of their first tag, an illegible scrawl.
—Madeleine Wulfahrt, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
Rolodex cards with famous names scrawled on them are a museum unto themselves.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
Imamura sat back and watched as Hokazono scrawled a series of character names and plot beats in rapid succession.
—Matt Alt, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrawl
Verb
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No scribbling down notes in the margins of the character sheet or pausing game play to flip through the spell list again.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Better Business Bureau is telling parents to avoid scribbling out too many personal details about their children, such as their name, age, school, teacher and grade level, on those chalkboards.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Note that abrasive brushes or sponges will leave small scratches on the surface, but, unlike with a nonstick pan, the scratches won’t damage the pan’s long-term efficacy.—
Emily Johnson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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This gap between theory and practice often means that business leaders are at a loss for essentials, like how to build a marketing team from scratch, how to connect marketing with sales or how to create a system that delivers consistent results rather than ad-hoc campaigns.—
Christine Pilkington,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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It could have been derived from Jira Monster, a 1952 story written by Shigeru Kayama about a lizard-like creature that caused mayhem on a Pacific island.—
Michael Taube,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Day-Lewis wrote the script alongside his son.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The subsequent pages include a childlike drawing of a wedding and redacted photos of young children in bed, playing piano, and evidently posing for the camera, with captions in what appears to be Maxwell’s handwriting.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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Leavitt said that the White House would support having a professional handwriting expert review the signature.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Scrawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrawl. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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