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Recent Examples of scrawls
Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
Hope scrawls a single word on the paper and folds it up.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrawls
scratches
Noun
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Chemical irritants affect the eyes, skin and lungs first, causing scratches to the surface of the eye, painful skin reactions, breathing difficulties and acute psychological distress.—
Michele Heisler,
The Conversation,
4 Feb. 2026
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Forwards Pavol Regenda, Jeff Skinner, and defenseman Sam Dickinson will be the healthy scratches.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Scrawls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrawls. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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