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as in handwritings
the form or style of a particular person's writing
has a neat, careful script with delicate loops
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as in screenplays
the written form of a story prepared for film production
sold two scripts to the movie studio
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as in calligraphies
writing done by hand
sending a thank-you note in script—and not just an e-mail—is the only proper way to express one's gratitude
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Recent Examples of scripts
The spec ranked second on the 2025 The Brit List — the British and Irish equivalent of The Black List, featuring top unproduced film and TV scripts — which came out in early November.
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Feb. 2026
There’s plenty of good scripts written out there.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
Privacy violation The engineers who wrote the scripts were fired, a Pinterest spokesperson told CBS News.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Dozens of rooms have wooden booths lined with foam for soundproofing, scripts written in multiple languages, lists of names and phone numbers, computer monitors and empty brackets for hard drives.
—Sakchai Lalit, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
The scripts are then reviewed by a team of medical consultants, who provide detailed notes on terminology, treatment and choreography.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
What begins as a handful of scrappy scripts, dashboards, and internal workflows slowly evolves into something more structured.
—Abdo Riani, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
That same year, Quinn worked off of Rhimes’ scripts to turn the series into a proper Bridgerton book.
—Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Jan. 2026
Unlike traditional industrial robots, Rho-alpha does not rely on rigid task scripts.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026
Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Feb. 2026
There’s plenty of good scripts written out there.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
Privacy violation The engineers who wrote the scripts were fired, a Pinterest spokesperson told CBS News.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Dozens of rooms have wooden booths lined with foam for soundproofing, scripts written in multiple languages, lists of names and phone numbers, computer monitors and empty brackets for hard drives.
—Sakchai Lalit, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
The scripts are then reviewed by a team of medical consultants, who provide detailed notes on terminology, treatment and choreography.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
What begins as a handful of scrappy scripts, dashboards, and internal workflows slowly evolves into something more structured.
—Abdo Riani, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
That same year, Quinn worked off of Rhimes’ scripts to turn the series into a proper Bridgerton book.
—Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Jan. 2026
Unlike traditional industrial robots, Rho-alpha does not rely on rigid task scripts.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scripts
Noun
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Hudson is currently working on the script with her daughter, Leila Victoria Fernández, her partner at HI Media Partners and the author of several award-winning screenplays.—
Sarah Moreno
February 4,
Miami Herald,
4 Feb. 2026
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Writing the screenplays are Ford v Ferrari‘s Jez Butterworth, Conclave‘s Peter Straughan and Adolescence‘s Jack Thorne — a trio which should, given their recent award wins, fill the average Beatles fan with hope.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The manuscripts of course, which arrived as if on a conveyor belt from agents and authors.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
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The book’s heroine, Catherine Morland, is an avid reader of the popular novels of the day, and has a specific fondness for Ann Radcliffe’s real-life 1794 best seller, The Mysteries of Udolpho, a tale of ghostly figures and hidden manuscripts.—
Boris Kachka,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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