1
as in wrote
to compose and set down on paper the words of
scratched out a poem for his beloved wife on the home front
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2
as in deleted
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it
scratched out the old phone number and wrote in the new one
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Day-Lewis wrote the script alongside his son.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025 -
Jess, a producer on the show and also a knitter, wrote a paragraphs-long comment addressing people’s criticism of the vid.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
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The rest is either delegated or deleted because busy is not the same as effective.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Multiple videos that have gone viral locally on social media but were later deleted showed the fight and ensuing altercations that occurred, including one of Taddese’s friends attempting to help him before Taddese was fatally shot, a moment also captured on camera.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
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Phoebe Eclair-Powell (The Road Trip) has penned the drama, her first series commission for television.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
16 Sep. 2025
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James Reginato, a writer-at-large for Vanity Fair and the former features director for W magazine, penned the copy, and Anna Wintour contributed the foreword.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
16 Sep. 2025
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On Sunday night, the cancelled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert won the Emmy for Outstanding Talk Series.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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That proposal was canceled after bipartisan opposition in the Senate.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Scratched (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratched%20%28out%29. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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