1
as in to write
to compose and set down on paper the words of
scratched out a poem for his beloved wife on the home front
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2
as in to delete
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it
scratched out the old phone number and wrote in the new one
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Cookbooks written from Syria to Spain featured the dish.—
Claire Turrell,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025 -
Executive-produced by Guy Ritchie, created and written by Ronan Bennett and written by Jez Butterworth, MobLand stars Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren in a story about two mob families who clash in a war that threatens to topple empires and lives.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
4 Apr. 2025
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Adobe promptly deleted the post, but not before Adobe critics pulled out their best pop culture references to bully the software firm.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
12 Apr. 2025
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Mitchell did not answer questions about whether Harris-Dawson had deleted messages or emails.—
Julia Wick,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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Davis Entertainment had been spearheading the development of the project going back to when Hurwitz and Schlossberg penned the initial draft.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
24 Mar. 2025
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It is penned by Mrksa (Episodes 1, 3 and 6), Polly Buckle (Episodes 2 and 4) and Giula Sandler (Episode 5).—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2025
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Such initiatives, therefore, come under threat – if not cancelled outright, as 2008-2009 showed – if companies are forced to make major budget cutbacks.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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The district received only $6 million of its $150 million grant before the program was canceled.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Scratch (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratch%20%28out%29. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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