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Recent Examples of scrawl
Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Students, note takers, and those who like to scrawl or doodle on the pages of their books, will enjoy the Kindle Scribe, which has the largest discount of 35 percent and $140 off.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2025
In one photo, at least five Waymo robotaxis can be seen engulfed in flames, with anti-ICE graffiti scrawled across the cars' hoods and doors.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 9 June 2025
Handwritten messages are scrawled on the Pulse sign.
—Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2025
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Noun
In the blocks surrounding City Hall and LAPD headquarters, buildings were scrawled in spray paint.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Students, note takers, and those who like to scrawl or doodle on the pages of their books, will enjoy the Kindle Scribe, which has the largest discount of 35 percent and $140 off.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2025
In one photo, at least five Waymo robotaxis can be seen engulfed in flames, with anti-ICE graffiti scrawled across the cars' hoods and doors.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 9 June 2025
Handwritten messages are scrawled on the Pulse sign.
—Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrawl
Verb
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Movies and television shows often portray mathematicians scribbling on chalkboards in seclusion, but that picture is often far from accurate.—
Emma R. Hasson,
Scientific American,
18 July 2025
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The kid who once scribbled his signature is in the NBA after all, pulling the ropes on the biggest float in the league.—
Colby B. Jubenville,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
Noun
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Instead of developing its own native system from scratch, Renault uses a Google operating system.—
Trinity Francis,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Writing your own code (from scratch, at least,) has become quaint.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
15 July 2025
Verb
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In June, several Republican U.S. lawmakers from Arizona and Texas who usually side with Trump's Make American Great Again policies wrote a letter to the Commerce Secretary imploring the Trump administration not to end the Tomato Suspension Agreement.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
22 July 2025
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Over the three years of the pandemic, Bradley conducted more than 6,000 color consultations, an experience that inspired her to write her first book, Master the Art of Color.—
Sophie Flaxman,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 July 2025
Noun
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Not only that, but Katie Gaudreau’s veil featured custom messages in her brothers’ handwriting.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 July 2025
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In order to date the scrolls, the model analyzed each one's handwriting style.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2025
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“Scrawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrawl. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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