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cursive

[kur-siv] / ˈkɜr sɪv /






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Who else sees “Instagzam”? Instagram unveiled its first brand refresh in a decade, swapping its classic cursive wordmark for a hybrid script that is drawing mixed reactions online.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

I’ve seen it on many products, in many different presentations — pink-glitter bubble letters on a sticker, loopy black cursive on a tote bag, industrial embroidery on a hat.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

The paper had yellowed from age and the cursive was so ornate the words were hard to make out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Some of the detectives’ notes had been written in cursive, which she helped translate for her younger teammates.

From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026

Millie shakes her head and yanks on my hand, pulling me to her bedroom door, which I know is hers because a wooden heart with her name painted in cursive tells me so.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

While Loi Che Chan does employ Chinese, she revives extravagantly illegible cursives as old as the eighth century.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2019

They worked obsessively, perfecting their lettering, their cursives, and their lines.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 10, 2015

The Received text is supported by the third hand of C, by EHLP, by all the cursives, by the two Syriac and Armenian versions, the catenae, Chrysostom and Theophylact.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

It is the text of all the uncials but two, of all the cursives but six or seven; and this alone ought to be decisive.

From The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Edward Miller

Three out of the four cursives belong to Professor Ferrar's group.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener


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