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Recent Examples of scratched
Joining him on the bench in street clothes will be Draymond Green, who was scratched with a back injury that Kerr said the Warriors were approaching similarly to Curry’s knee.
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
White Abarrio — the 2025 Pegasus winner who was scratched on-track at the Breeders’ Cup last year and hadn’t run since — was one of the favorites for this race, and few thought the 7-year-old Skippylongstocking would have enough to get to the line first.
—Tim Reynolds, Sun Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026
In testing, YouTuber JerryRigEverything found that while the Galaxy S23 scratched at a level 6, the S24 and S25 models held out until a level 7.
—Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Teravainen missed his third straight game with an upper-body injury, and Burakovsky was scratched with an illness.
—CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
It’s lined with a microfiber suede, so none of my items will get scratched.
—Ali Faccenda, InStyle, 19 Jan. 2026
The five-race Cal Cup is losing a potential headliner because 7-year-old Big City Lights, defending champion in the $125,000 Don Valpredo California Cup Sprint, is going to be scratched after injuring a foot by stepping on himself, trainer Richard Mandella said Thursday.
—Kevin Modesti, Oc Register, 16 Jan. 2026
Mistakes to Avoid When Cleaning Chrome Chrome can easily be scratched or damaged if it’s not cleaned properly.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 14 Jan. 2026
On this occasion, at the beginning of a campaign that would end with Liverpool being crowned champions for the first time in 30 years, a veneer was scratched.
—Simon Hughes, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
White Abarrio — the 2025 Pegasus winner who was scratched on-track at the Breeders’ Cup last year and hadn’t run since — was one of the favorites for this race, and few thought the 7-year-old Skippylongstocking would have enough to get to the line first.
—Tim Reynolds, Sun Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026
In testing, YouTuber JerryRigEverything found that while the Galaxy S23 scratched at a level 6, the S24 and S25 models held out until a level 7.
—Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Teravainen missed his third straight game with an upper-body injury, and Burakovsky was scratched with an illness.
—CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
It’s lined with a microfiber suede, so none of my items will get scratched.
—Ali Faccenda, InStyle, 19 Jan. 2026
The five-race Cal Cup is losing a potential headliner because 7-year-old Big City Lights, defending champion in the $125,000 Don Valpredo California Cup Sprint, is going to be scratched after injuring a foot by stepping on himself, trainer Richard Mandella said Thursday.
—Kevin Modesti, Oc Register, 16 Jan. 2026
Mistakes to Avoid When Cleaning Chrome Chrome can easily be scratched or damaged if it’s not cleaned properly.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 14 Jan. 2026
On this occasion, at the beginning of a campaign that would end with Liverpool being crowned champions for the first time in 30 years, a veneer was scratched.
—Simon Hughes, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scratched
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Unlike other models on the market that are fed large datasets scraped from the internet, Firefly Foundry models — which are being marketed to businesses as opposed to regular consumers — are unique to each of Adobe’s clients and only trained on IP that clients own the rights to.—
Charles Pulliam-Moore,
The Verge,
22 Jan. 2026
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Training data for the models is often a messy patchwork assembled from millions of sources, much of it scraped from the open web.—
Craig S. Smith,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Kelly grated on Hegseth, beginning even before Hegseth was confirmed to head the Pentagon.—
Ronald J. Hansen,
AZCentral.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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Parmesan cheese, grated (about 1/4 cup) Directions Gather all ingredients.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
4 Jan. 2026
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At these delightfully divey watering holes, every visible surface is covered in dollars scribbled with the initials, anniversaries, hometowns, inside jokes, dates, or names of anyone who has darkened the doors of that particular bar over the past fifty years—or maybe just the past week.—
Skye Sherman,
Southern Living,
21 Jan. 2026
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Gradually, the forest of memorabilia began to thin out, though bare objects kept popping up in place of those Federer had already scribbled on.—
Owen Lewis,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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Vandals recently scrawled graffiti inside Yosemite National Park near the popular Bridalveil Falls Trail.—
Outside,
Outside,
27 Jan. 2026
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The bomber was carrying a toy gun with neo-Nazi references written all over it, including the words For Agartha scrawled across the barrel, according to investigators.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Scratched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratched. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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