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as in handwriting
the form or style of a particular person's writing
doctors are famous for their illegible penmanship
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as in calligraphy
writing done by hand
the students spend far more time honing their computer skills than they do improving their penmanship
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Recent Examples of penmanship
Isaiah Falls, Karri, kwn, Destin Conrad and Nippa are each pushing the sound in their own lane, building momentum through personality and penmanship.
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Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025
His first full-length album, Illmatic, was an evolution in hip-hop lyricism, and his top-tier penmanship has powered a catalog of 17 solo albums.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
The company provided side-by-side comparisons of GPT-5’s penmanship versus GPT-4o for things like wedding toasts and poems.
—Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2025
But while in his penmanship, the recipe still has her hands all over it.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 3 July 2025
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Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025
His first full-length album, Illmatic, was an evolution in hip-hop lyricism, and his top-tier penmanship has powered a catalog of 17 solo albums.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
The company provided side-by-side comparisons of GPT-5’s penmanship versus GPT-4o for things like wedding toasts and poems.
—Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2025
But while in his penmanship, the recipe still has her hands all over it.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for penmanship
Noun
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Pages and pages filled with Katharine’s small, neat handwriting.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
29 Jan. 2026
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Morales Reyes does not fluently speak or write in English, and a sample of his handwriting did not match, Milwaukee Police Detective Timothy Keller testified.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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There will be activities for kids and a calligraphy station.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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This kit packs in a lot—you’ll notice a fan with two magpies, a vase of fortune red fruit, a persimmon fruit, three golden ingots, and a calligraphy pen with a scroll.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Penmanship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penmanship. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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