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as in to pen
to compose and set down on paper the words of
he scribbled a quick note to his wife and taped it to the front door
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as in scrawl
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Recent Examples of scribble
Christopher Bollen, Vulture, 5 June 2025
Hold a blank piece of paper in place on top of the item and invite your toddler to scribble with crayons on the paper, over the item, to reveal the textures.
—Dr. Pooja Sarin Tandon, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
The ePaper tablet has support for stylus input for scribbles, annotations and doodles using a range of Smart Scribe input tools.
—New Atlas, 29 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Jennings died in 2005, when Ed was alive and scribbling away on yet another collection of short stories (Chaos) and yet another novel (Hotel de Dream).
—Christopher Bollen, Vulture, 5 June 2025
Hold a blank piece of paper in place on top of the item and invite your toddler to scribble with crayons on the paper, over the item, to reveal the textures.
—Dr. Pooja Sarin Tandon, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
Noun
Those willing to gamble $10 can get works of art inspired by their pups or a very cute scribble.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
The ePaper tablet has support for stylus input for scribbles, annotations and doodles using a range of Smart Scribe input tools.
—New Atlas, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scribble
Verb
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His injuries left him unable to work, leading to financial woes that were exacerbated by extensive hospital bills for medical care, diagnostic tests and therapy, Moore wrote.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2025
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That researcher wrote a report just on Mount Mansfield’s carabid beetles, and Narango’s team is identifying each species to compare results.—
Madeline Bodin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
Verb
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The script was penned by Park, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar and Jahye Lee.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
27 June 2025
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More than 200 musicians, including Billie Eilish and J Balvin, penned an April letter speaking out against the use of AI, such as voice cloning, in the music industry.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
27 June 2025
Verb
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But Goyeneche said such escapes are most common during a work or medical release, rather than busting through jail walls and taking time to scrawl a mocking message.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
17 June 2025
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After centuries of excavations, the exhibition’s organizers have much to work with, ranging from ancient graffiti scrawled on the walls of private houses to the two nearly life-size statues of a man and woman that were discovered earlier this year, per a statement.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 June 2025
Noun
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The ability to generate ideas from scratch, to truly go from nothing to something, is a skill.—
Christian Hyatt,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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The self-sustaining community makes everything from scratch, but must venture to the mainland occasionally for firewood and deer meat.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
20 June 2025
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The class broke down into groups, each focusing on a different aspect of White’s story: For instance, one group attempted a handwriting analysis, while another searched for records of White during his enslavement in Maryland.—
Ellen Wexler,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 June 2025
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In other words, the historical record seems as illegible as my own prehistoric handwriting.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 June 2025
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“Scribble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scribble. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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