scripts

plural of script
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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 Raz and Issacharoff scrapped their first scripts for Season 5 following the October 7 attack and reformulated with that shocking event at the center of the story. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2026 Her sister and her try to rewrite their scripts through tarot. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2026 Bad actors used to hastily scrap together basic scripts – instructions for automating tasks – to achieve their goals, according to Meyers. Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026 Agents established naming conventions, left work assignments and encoded scripts that another agent could retrieve. Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Day seven ties it all together, starting with a language class built around K-Pop lyrics and K-drama scripts. Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026 The agents began writing scripts and launching attacks, primarily against Hugging Face, to obtain the information needed to complete tasks assigned by OpenAI. Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 6 Aug. 2026 Three scripts for the single-camera project, from writer and executive producer Abbey Caldwell, were announced as being in development at the studio in April. Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026 Graham Yost and Aric Avelino are writing scripts for the series. Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026
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Noun
  • One example is its partnership with The Wallis on programming including Live Reads, which brings together film and performing-arts audiences and artists for one-night only staging of screenplays.
    Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026
  • One of them was Tony, a Black List script (an annual list of the most popular unproduced screenplays in Hollywood) written by Todd Bartels and Lou Howe that centered on Bourdain’s formative time as a dishwasher and budding cook in Provincetown.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Their journey—undertaken with only some clothes, food, and the couple’s in-progress manuscripts—took them from France to Spain, Portugal, Brazil, and, finally, New York City.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Christian manuscripts from Europe, Armenia and Ethiopia, plus objects of Jewish and Muslim origin, will also be on display, along with a video component.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

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“Scripts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scripts. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

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