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as in penning
to compose and set down on paper the words of
a staunch supporter of the old school, he prefers to write all of his letters by hand
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as in communicating
to engage in an exchange of written messages
promise you'll write while you're away
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Recent Examples of writing
Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
Now, Montblanc wants to enter the tech sphere with a new digital writing pad, inspired by its century of experience producing pens.
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
Likewise, writing a vast treatise is bound to confound the AI.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Verb
His writing covers technology, sustainability, geopolitics, and occasionally fiction.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
Now, Montblanc wants to enter the tech sphere with a new digital writing pad, inspired by its century of experience producing pens.
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
Ornamento is adapted from the 2020 novel ‘Ornamental’ by Colombian writer Juan Cárdenas, with Garza Cervera taking co-writing credits on the screenplay with Alejandra Moffat.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
Likewise, writing a vast treatise is bound to confound the AI.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for writing
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Additional credits include writing and directing The Meddler and Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, and penning Sony’ss adaptation of the book Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
18 Sep. 2025
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Later Bowerman started penning her own music that is predominantly pop with a country flair and recording some singles.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Sep. 2025
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The video appears to show agents communicating with Mejia through or near the doorway of his house.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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About IndyStar IndyStar has a deep history of communicating the most important news impacting Indiana's metropolitan area and the rest of the Hoosier state.—
Kurtcia Collazo,
IndyStar,
23 Sep. 2025
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Few Republicans back forcing a vote, although several support the bill itself to compel the full release of the documents.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
24 Sep. 2025
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Beginning October 12, 2025, the 29 nations of the European Schengen Area will start phasing out the stamping of travel documents and instead will switch to a new digital Entry/Exit System (EES), which the European Union argues will accelerate border-control processes and improve security.—
Bailey Berg,
AFAR Media,
24 Sep. 2025
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The difference is that composing while in motion may be a particularly useful way to address a crisis in creativity.—
Karen Palmer
September 19,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
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Many of the chefs are like musicians who have graduated from covering other artists’ songs to composing their own masterpieces.—
Jamila Robinson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
16 Sep. 2025
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The report noted that the FDI numbers for sub-Saharan Africa include a single $34 billion hydrogen deal in Mauritania — corresponding to around 15% of the total announced FDI for this period — that has so far not moved beyond the announcement stage.—
Preeti Jha,
semafor.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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There was another threepeat in the women’s 4x100m thanks to the quadrant of Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, Twanisha Terry, Kayla White and Sha’Carri Richardson before a rousing finish from reigning Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles saw the US defeat Canada in the corresponding men’s event.—
Jack Bantock,
CNN Money,
21 Sep. 2025
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No scribbling down notes in the margins of the character sheet or pausing game play to flip through the spell list again.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Better Business Bureau is telling parents to avoid scribbling out too many personal details about their children, such as their name, age, school, teacher and grade level, on those chalkboards.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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In 2023, the CIA started posting videos on Telegram, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook about how Russians can contact the agency anonymously.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
21 Sep. 2025
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Zhang was initially arrested after months of posting accounts, including videos, from crowded hospitals and empty streets that painted a more dire early picture of the disease than the official narrative.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Writing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writing. Accessed 25 Sep. 2025.
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