scrawling

present participle of scrawl
as in scribbling
to write or draw hastily or carelessly scrawled a quick note, stuck it in their mailbox, and hurried off

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scribbling
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  • The people who've had their eyes trained on central banks all over the world, for years, notebooks out, scribbling down their observations.
    Erika Beras, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The attacker left behind a lengthy suicide note, journal entries and scribbling on the weapons used in the ambush at the Church of the Annunciation, which is affiliated with an adjacent Catholic school.
    Ernesto Londoño, Twin Cities, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Scrawling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrawling. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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