scribed

Definition of scribednext
past tense of scribe
as in filed
to mark with or as if with a line or groove carefully scribed two lines into the wood

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Recent Examples of scribed Though Leo’s lyrics are raw and scribed with vigor and delivered with a backing choir that breaks down into soprano, alto, and tenor vibrato, the track feels too theatric and out of step sonically with the rest of the album. Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025 Instead of one community, which might be de- scribed as democratic, there appear separate and distinct communities that must be de- scribed as totalitarian. Harpers Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
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  • The claim was filed in November in a UK High Court dealing with commercial issues by Libyan Foreign Bank, a unit of the Central Bank of Libya known as LFB, over loans taken out against a 2001 credit facility that Zimbabwe has allegedly failed to honor, court documents show.
    William Clowes, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Bondi and Blanche filed a response arguing that Massie and Khanna do not have a legal basis for the request.
    Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 28 Jan. 2026
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  • Skinner didn’t play on the road trip, and Iorio has been scratched for three straight games.
    Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Teravainen missed his third straight game with an upper-body injury, and Burakovsky was scratched with an illness.
    CBS News, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
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  • Still, the energy in the room remained high as the crowd sang, bobbed their heads and grooved to the music from the comfort of their plush seats.
    Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Tens of millions of YouTube viewers have grooved to Bobby Nsenga’s living room.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2026

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“Scribed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scribed. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.

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