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Recent Examples of scrawl
Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Students, note takers, and those who like to scrawl or doodle on the pages of their books, will enjoy the Kindle Scribe, which has the largest discount of 35 percent and $140 off.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2025
In one photo, at least five Waymo robotaxis can be seen engulfed in flames, with anti-ICE graffiti scrawled across the cars' hoods and doors.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 9 June 2025
Handwritten messages are scrawled on the Pulse sign.
—Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2025
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Noun
In the blocks surrounding City Hall and LAPD headquarters, buildings were scrawled in spray paint.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Students, note takers, and those who like to scrawl or doodle on the pages of their books, will enjoy the Kindle Scribe, which has the largest discount of 35 percent and $140 off.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2025
In one photo, at least five Waymo robotaxis can be seen engulfed in flames, with anti-ICE graffiti scrawled across the cars' hoods and doors.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 9 June 2025
Handwritten messages are scrawled on the Pulse sign.
—Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrawl
Verb
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Movies and television shows often portray mathematicians scribbling on chalkboards in seclusion, but that picture is often far from accurate.—
Emma R. Hasson,
Scientific American,
18 July 2025
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His path changed in a South Korean high school, where a teacher noticed him scribbling lyrics during class.—
Yoonjung Seo,
CNN Money,
17 July 2025
Noun
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Rethink And Define Your Network Architecture While a deep tech explanation is probably expected, in reality, the greatest value of this exercise is that the company has to rethink and define the architecture of its network solution from scratch.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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Speaking of Cooper, his plan to build an oil company from scratch seemed to have some success at the end of the season.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
29 July 2025
Verb
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In June, several Republican U.S. lawmakers from Arizona and Texas who usually side with Trump's Make American Great Again policies wrote a letter to the Commerce Secretary imploring the Trump administration not to end the Tomato Suspension Agreement.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
22 July 2025
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Drew Pearce wrote the script, with plot details being kept under wraps, following a previous draft written by Wes Tooke and Justin Britt-Gibson, which was based on the 1968 original film starring Steve McQueen.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
21 July 2025
Noun
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Referencing the old prison doors which were covered with various scribblings, the luxurious modern bathroom is covered with a contemporary interpretation of handwriting to add a little irreverence.—
Rana Good,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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Image courtesy of the researchers View gallery - 5 images Researchers at Meta have developed a wristband that translates your hand gestures into commands to interact with a computer, including moving a cursor, and even transcribing your handwriting in the air into text.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
23 July 2025
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“Scrawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrawl. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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