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calligraphy

[kuh-lig-ruh-fee] / kəˈlɪg rə fi /
NOUN
chirography
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NOUN
hand
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That preparation included lessons in calligraphy, horseback riding, piano and Regency dancing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

It looked disorientingly familiar to a fellow Egyptian American: Art from Egypt lined the walls, with brass pieces and calligraphy you’d find in a Cairo bazaar.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026

To illustrate, she holds up a box of charred scraps covered in Arabic calligraphy.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

Kurosawa insisted on mixing black calligraphy ink with the water in the rain machines, to ensure that the deluge could be distinguished from the cloudy sky behind it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Its wings grew, and light curled through the air, like calligraphy made of starlight.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi




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