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as in to pen
to compose and set down on paper the words of
he scribbled a quick note to his wife and taped it to the front door
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as in scrawl
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Recent Examples of scribble
Eliana Dockterman, Time, 17 Apr. 2025
Photos also appear to show that protesters scribbled messages on desks.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 8 May 2025
Jodie Cook, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Still in tears, Shauna scribbles on a notepad what becomes the narration for the wilderness timeline, as teen Shauna (Sophie Nélisse) is anointed the hive’s new Antler Queen.
—Lauren Coates, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Reed, a scientist and one of the smartest men in the world, desperately scribbles out calculations trying to find a way to save the planet.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 17 Apr. 2025
Photos also appear to show that protesters scribbled messages on desks.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 8 May 2025
Noun
Turn your scribbles into a strategic action plan for your social media content that moves your business forward.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Still in tears, Shauna scribbles on a notepad what becomes the narration for the wilderness timeline, as teen Shauna (Sophie Nélisse) is anointed the hive’s new Antler Queen.
—Lauren Coates, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scribble
Verb
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The Roommate, written by Jen Silverman and directed by Jack O’Brien, played at Broadway’s Booth Theatre from September 12, 2024 through December 15, 2024.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
3 June 2025
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The candid scene has left viewers on TikTok in stitches, with hundreds writing about the dog's bold refusal to be helped.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
Verb
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Gavin O'Connor returns to direct, with Bill Dubuque penning the script.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 June 2025
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Sandler and Herlihy wrote the screenplay for the sequel after having penned the original’s script.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
31 May 2025
Verb
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The title of the song was scrawled in black paint on the bags, with some markings deliberately misspelled.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2025
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On a huge wall of tiles, many black faces are scrawled in a troubling grid.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
30 May 2025
Noun
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Rather than trying to recreate feathers from scratch, biohybrid designs incorporate actual feathers into otherwise synthetic machines.—
Ian Rose,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 June 2025
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This essentially enables developers to access and modify the model’s core knowledge and bypass the high costs and time associated with training a system from scratch.—
Ryan Browne,
CNBC,
10 June 2025
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But the claim started to unravel as investigators talked to Morales Reyes, who doesn’t speak English fluently, and obtained a handwriting sample from him that was different from the handwriting in the letters, according to court documents.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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Most scholars believed that the Isaiah Scroll was copied by a single scribe due to the seemingly uniform handwriting style.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
4 June 2025
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“Scribble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scribble. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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