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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
Verb
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More tournaments to come While Yount has developed a near-superpower of watching 12 mats at once, Smith, for the most part, relaxes in his seat and enjoys the show at Ball Arena while Yount scribbles on his brackets.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
21 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Scientists say that scratches found on a 59,000-year-old tooth may be the earliest signs of a cavity filling in human history.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
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Around the edges of the hole, Zubova and her colleagues noticed scratches, which, in addition to the hole’s unusual size and shape, made the archaeologists wonder if it had been drilled intentionally to relieve the pain of a tooth infection.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
13 May 2026
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“Scrawls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrawls. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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