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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
Graduate students in tie-dye shirts worked under fume hoods; on the glass that protected them from chemicals, synthesis reactions were scribbled in black marker.
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Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
School officials gathered and answered the questions scribbled on index cards.
—Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 2 Feb. 2026
In those brownstones, the icons scribbled about notepads and surrendered those eternal drafts to thin paper zines.
—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 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
Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
School officials gathered and answered the questions scribbled on index cards.
—Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 2 Feb. 2026
In those brownstones, the icons scribbled about notepads and surrendered those eternal drafts to thin paper zines.
—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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scribbled
Verb
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In the nearly nine months since the shootings, her name has been scrawled on firearms used in other deadly attacks.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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Wojick still has the numbers scrawled on his whiteboard.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Maya Dehlin Spach / Getty Images Earlier this month, veterans Breanna Stewart and Kelsey Plum wrote a letter to union leadership expressing frustration at the pace of the negotiations.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
9 Mar. 2026
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Harrison wrote that her office reserves the right to use other remedies at its disposal.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Aline Brosh McKenna and Weisberger, who wrote the original film, also penned the sequel.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
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Oscar winner Chloé Zhao (Nomadland, Hamnet) was set to direct with a script penned by Nora and Lilla Zuckerman (Poker Face).—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Scribbled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scribbled. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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