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as in handwritings
the form or style of a particular person's writing
has a neat, careful script with delicate loops
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as in screenplays
the written form of a story prepared for film production
sold two scripts to the movie studio
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as in calligraphies
writing done by hand
sending a thank-you note in script—and not just an e-mail—is the only proper way to express one's gratitude
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Recent Examples of scripts
But then the scripts started coming in.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 May 2026
One of Every's PowerPoint automation workflows involves 24 skills and 18 scripts and costs $62 in tokens per deck.
—Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
Actors don’t often talk like that about scripts.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 23 May 2026
AdGuard’s ad blocker removes intrusive ads and limits tracking scripts that collect browsing data behind the scenes on nine devices.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 22 May 2026
The Chiefs’ insistence on staying in shotgun and relying on pass-heavy scripts plays right into the defensive trend of playing light boxes and two-deep defenses.
—Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 20 May 2026
Once the scripts were in, Ezura and Taylor turned to industry colleagues to help evaluate the material.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 20 May 2026
Reading books also paid better than scripts.
—Literary Hub, 19 May 2026
This time around, Reilly and Hauser have been elevated to executive producers, and Sheridan handed over the reins to showrunner Chad Feehan to write the scripts and run the set.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 May 2026
One of Every's PowerPoint automation workflows involves 24 skills and 18 scripts and costs $62 in tokens per deck.
—Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
Actors don’t often talk like that about scripts.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 23 May 2026
AdGuard’s ad blocker removes intrusive ads and limits tracking scripts that collect browsing data behind the scenes on nine devices.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 22 May 2026
The Chiefs’ insistence on staying in shotgun and relying on pass-heavy scripts plays right into the defensive trend of playing light boxes and two-deep defenses.
—Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 20 May 2026
Once the scripts were in, Ezura and Taylor turned to industry colleagues to help evaluate the material.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 20 May 2026
Reading books also paid better than scripts.
—Literary Hub, 19 May 2026
This time around, Reilly and Hauser have been elevated to executive producers, and Sheridan handed over the reins to showrunner Chad Feehan to write the scripts and run the set.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scripts
Noun
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In an industry where roughly one in 4,000 screenplays leads to a profitable theatrical outcome, my take is that people who don’t need a framework are the outliers.—
Daren Smith,
IndieWire,
27 May 2026
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The screenplays were written by José Rivera, Natalia Santa, Camila Brugés and María Camila Arias.—
Veronica Villafañe,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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One of the oldest manuscripts to tell the tale of King Arthur is heading to auction.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
26 May 2026
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Italy's culture ministry was trying to then find the missing manuscripts, and bought the copy from Kraus in 1972.—
Lexi Lane,
PEOPLE,
24 May 2026
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“Scripts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scripts. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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