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as in wrote
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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Recent Examples of scribbled
In those brownstones, the icons scribbled about notepads and surrendered those eternal drafts to thin paper zines.
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Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
At these delightfully divey watering holes, every visible surface is covered in dollars scribbled with the initials, anniversaries, hometowns, inside jokes, dates, or names of anyone who has darkened the doors of that particular bar over the past fifty years—or maybe just the past week.
—Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2026
Gradually, the forest of memorabilia began to thin out, though bare objects kept popping up in place of those Federer had already scribbled on.
—Owen Lewis, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
The drawings that filled Yorke and Donwood’s sketchbooks became some of the band’s most iconic insignia, tattooed on arms and scribbled on three-ring binders.
—Zoe Si, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
The 68 photos released by the Oversight Committee Thursday also include several photo closeups of words scribbled on a back, foot, hip and a woman’s chest.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
Before her fate was announced, Maxwell looked down and scribbled on a notepad as Sarah Ransome — an accuser whose allegations weren’t included in this trial — spoke of the lasting harm to her life, gazing directly at Maxwell several times .
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2025
Farokhmanesh disarmed him with a grin and scribbled away on his poster.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
A lot of people scribbled down assessments of their players.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
At these delightfully divey watering holes, every visible surface is covered in dollars scribbled with the initials, anniversaries, hometowns, inside jokes, dates, or names of anyone who has darkened the doors of that particular bar over the past fifty years—or maybe just the past week.
—Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2026
Gradually, the forest of memorabilia began to thin out, though bare objects kept popping up in place of those Federer had already scribbled on.
—Owen Lewis, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
The drawings that filled Yorke and Donwood’s sketchbooks became some of the band’s most iconic insignia, tattooed on arms and scribbled on three-ring binders.
—Zoe Si, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
The 68 photos released by the Oversight Committee Thursday also include several photo closeups of words scribbled on a back, foot, hip and a woman’s chest.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
Before her fate was announced, Maxwell looked down and scribbled on a notepad as Sarah Ransome — an accuser whose allegations weren’t included in this trial — spoke of the lasting harm to her life, gazing directly at Maxwell several times .
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2025
Farokhmanesh disarmed him with a grin and scribbled away on his poster.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
A lot of people scribbled down assessments of their players.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scribbled
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Vandals recently scrawled graffiti inside Yosemite National Park near the popular Bridalveil Falls Trail.—
Outside,
Outside,
27 Jan. 2026
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The bomber was carrying a toy gun with neo-Nazi references written all over it, including the words For Agartha scrawled across the barrel, according to investigators.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Its recent underperformance has opened up an attractive entry point, wrote JPMorgan analyst Samik Chatterjee.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
26 Jan. 2026
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Cost Cuts That Backfired What’s more, in the last year Tan led a cost-cutting effort that included retiring expensive tools used to make older data center CPUs, including the Emerald Rapids and Granite Rapids models, wrote the Journal.—
Peter Cohan,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The Chicago native penned the 2007 advice book, Get Yours!—
Essence,
Essence,
31 Jan. 2026
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Her co-stars on The Studio penned loving tributes to the veteran actor.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
31 Jan. 2026
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