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as in scuffing
to damage by rubbing against a sharp or rough surface
she scraped her knee when she fell down
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as in gritting
to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound
she scraped her fingernails across the chalkboard to get everyone's attention
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as in scratching
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as in pinching
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Recent Examples of scraping
PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025
Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Nothing like a little therapeutic scraping to wake you up and start your day.
—Sam Woodward, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
The impermanence of our digital footprint, especially in this age of AI scraping and incomplete catalog streaming, is distorting our story.
—Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
If the problem does not resolve relatively quickly then a skin scraping, needle aspirate or punch biopsy might be in order.
—Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
The latter approach, often based on mass scraping of the internet, is already producing American chatbots with false and unreliable results, including the parroting of Chinese Communist Party propaganda in response to consumer queries.
—Ruth Vitale, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
Issues such as data scraping, IP rights, loss of creative control, ethical boundaries and impacts on job security contribute to the divide.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
This includes resisting indiscriminate scraping from open sources.
—Abhesh Kumar, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Jenavieve Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
Earlier this week the company filed a lawsuit against a group of data-scraping companies for allegedly pilfering its content and selling it to Perplexity.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The social media platform claims the defendants, SerpApi, Oxylabs and AWMProxy, stole Reddit content by scraping Google search results where Reddit posts appeared, packaged that data, and sold it to AI developers seeking training material.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Process until just smooth, 20 to 30 seconds, scraping down sides of blender as needed.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
There are 616 McDonald's restaurants in Ohio, according to the web scraping tool ScrapeHero.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Oct. 2025
After crunching the numbers to exclude armies of data-scraping AI bots, the Wikimedia Foundation says that between March and August this year, the number of Wikipedia page views coming from real humans declined by 8% year-on-year.
—PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025
Beat in egg and egg yolk, scraping down bowl as needed.
—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
These records are accessible to anyone, often through online databases that make bulk scraping simple.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
Recently, internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare likened the platform to North Korean hackers for bypassing anti-scraping protections on websites.
—PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
This innovative ladle from Le Creuset is designed with a bi-material head that combines rigid nylon for sturdy scooping and flexible silicone edges for easy scraping.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Nothing like a little therapeutic scraping to wake you up and start your day.
—Sam Woodward, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
The impermanence of our digital footprint, especially in this age of AI scraping and incomplete catalog streaming, is distorting our story.
—Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
If the problem does not resolve relatively quickly then a skin scraping, needle aspirate or punch biopsy might be in order.
—Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
The latter approach, often based on mass scraping of the internet, is already producing American chatbots with false and unreliable results, including the parroting of Chinese Communist Party propaganda in response to consumer queries.
—Ruth Vitale, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
Issues such as data scraping, IP rights, loss of creative control, ethical boundaries and impacts on job security contribute to the divide.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
This includes resisting indiscriminate scraping from open sources.
—Abhesh Kumar, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
Beat until combined, scraping bowl as needed.
—Jenavieve Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
Earlier this week the company filed a lawsuit against a group of data-scraping companies for allegedly pilfering its content and selling it to Perplexity.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The social media platform claims the defendants, SerpApi, Oxylabs and AWMProxy, stole Reddit content by scraping Google search results where Reddit posts appeared, packaged that data, and sold it to AI developers seeking training material.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Process until just smooth, 20 to 30 seconds, scraping down sides of blender as needed.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
There are 616 McDonald's restaurants in Ohio, according to the web scraping tool ScrapeHero.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Oct. 2025
After crunching the numbers to exclude armies of data-scraping AI bots, the Wikimedia Foundation says that between March and August this year, the number of Wikipedia page views coming from real humans declined by 8% year-on-year.
—PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025
Beat in egg and egg yolk, scraping down bowl as needed.
—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
These records are accessible to anyone, often through online databases that make bulk scraping simple.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scraping
Verb
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And that’s just scratching the surface.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Jonas Brothers’ performance at the 2025 World Series left some viewers scratching their heads.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Walter’s first full season in charge was the end of the penny pinching that existed under prior owner Frank McCourt.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The shoes have a wide toe box with plenty of room for feet to spread out, which helps prevent painful pinching and accommodates foot issues.—
Isabel Garcia,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The machines will run complex experiments that require an immense amount of data-crunching capacity, tackling problems ranging from nuclear power to cancer treatments, officials said Monday.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The noise of crunching history is audible from the other side of 7-foot construction fencing.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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To get your bathtub pristine white again, avoid using bleach, ammonia, or super abrasive chemicals.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
28 Oct. 2025
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Lanthimos’ films written with Filippou are dark, odd and abrasive, but unpredictable and anarchic in a strangely enchanting way.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The 24-year-old superstar left Sunday's contest against the Indiana Pacers with hamstring tightness.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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But then Ellis woke up on Saturday morning with back tightness.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Another aspect to note is that most of the beef coming from Argentina would fall in the lean grinding beef category.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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That hypnotizing aroma may be one thing, but there is actually a science to grinding coffee.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Although all three videos include audio, none of it quite syncs up with what’s on-screen, and ChatGPT’s robotic narration is particularly jarring.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
25 Oct. 2025
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The English-language narration, delivered by Kyra Sedgwick, is used for sporadic, jarring and rarely necessary info drops, and would have felt more at home on the soundtrack of a PBS nature series.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But Friendship also let viewers see some of those Robinson character quirks as evidence of selfishness, male ego, and real mental instability.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
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There is zero selfishness to his game, no holding back to prevent injury.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Scraping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scraping. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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