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something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment
she treated her buddies to a drink whenever she had the scratch for it
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Recent Examples of scratch
Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 19 Jan. 2025
To help, Angelenos, including Hollywood stars, have sprung into action by collecting and delivering meals and goods and using social media to share GoFundMe links for those impacted, many of whom are starting over from scratch.
—Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Brady Dale, Axios, 23 Jan. 2025
The statistics of Marcel Bonin's career barely scratch the surface of his life story.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Potential homebuyers with children in Detroit, for example, need roughly 20.3 years to save for a 20% down payment from scratch, according to Zoocasa.
—Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 19 Jan. 2025
To help, Angelenos, including Hollywood stars, have sprung into action by collecting and delivering meals and goods and using social media to share GoFundMe links for those impacted, many of whom are starting over from scratch.
—Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Verb
Since the success of WBTC, other products have come along to scratch the same itch.
—Brady Dale, Axios, 23 Jan. 2025
The statistics of Marcel Bonin's career barely scratch the surface of his life story.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scratch
Noun
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The school nurse found extensive bruising on her body and scrapes on her stomach, buttocks and knees.—
Anthony G. Brown,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Jan. 2025
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To me, these scrapes look like they were done with a hairbrush and not sharp two-inch-long claws.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside Online,
18 Nov. 2024
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The filing also details various financial agreements, including the repayment of a $750 million term loan using cash on hand.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
3 Feb. 2025
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If the costs of other consumer goods increase, all potential buyers will have less spare cash to save for a down payment.—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
3 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Much like Santa’s reindeer, every four-legged team member boasts a unique personality, and some love a belly rub before or after a tour.—
Shauna Farnell,
The Denver Post,
29 Jan. 2025
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During her younger years, her daughter preferred the gentle in-person wakeup shoulder rubs from her mom to get her up.—
Cheryl Fenton,
Parents,
28 Jan. 2025
Verb
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As the engineers ran through the processes, Hamilton scribbled down things to remember into a small notebook.—
Luke Smith,
The Athletic,
25 Jan. 2025
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Blumberg worked with Tilbury, for instance, for around two weeks, sitting in the garden shed where the pianist keeps his Steinway, with Blumberg recording as Tilbury scribbled notes on a stave and played fragments of song.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
24 Jan. 2025
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Gracey gets an astonishing amount across in the details: the goofy creak of a leather jumpsuit, a camera angle tilted to show the utterly unspectacular pulley system that yanked Williams upside-down in front of a crowd of 125,000.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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The chapel was so old that creaks shuttered across the floor like lightning.—
Nicolette Polek,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Apr. 2024
Noun
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This year’s suite prices look similar, which will be money well spent if the game turns into an engagement party.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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After the money was paid, it was discovered that the seller only rented the farm on which the meteor fell, and the owner of the land took legal action and took the box from the express company.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Denzel Washington let slip that writer-director Ryan Coogler is currently writing him a role for the third entry in the superhero series, while a recent report asserted that Marvel is considering recasting the role of T'Challa, which was indelibly played by the late Chadwick Boseman.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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In his more than two decades of writing about the world of sports, he’s chronicled everything from high school rodeo to a major league baseball no-hitter to the Super Bowl to the Finals.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Feb. 2025
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Meme coins as a group have dropped 17% over the past 24 hours, according to CoinGecko.—
Tanaya Macheel,
CNBC,
3 Feb. 2025
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The meme coin’s website says Fight Fight Fight and CIC Digital own the remaining 800 million coins, worth around $16 billion at the coin’s current price of about $20.—
Tom Wilson and Michelle Conlin,
USA TODAY,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Scratch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratch. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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