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handwrite

[hand-rahyt] / ˈhændˌraɪt /


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If my daughter had children and refused to let me see them, I’d handwrite a letter to each grandchild every birthday and/or holiday.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

And I like to handwrite stuff, especially for that kind of thing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025

In addition to requiring students in her intro courses to handwrite their code, the paper exams will count for a higher percentage of the grade this fall, she said.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2023

That tendency to handwrite things makes keeping track of everything a little difficult.

From The Verge ● Feb. 6, 2019

I had to handwrite the whole thing twice, just so there were no errors in it.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

But the pantry door has pencil marks on it, one for every kid every year, with the dates in my handwriting.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

"The handwriting is nothing like her handwriting in the original letter, which is almost a childlike scrawl. The second one is an elegant, joined-up cursive."

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Filled with curiosity, the 36-year-old charity worker examined it - noting "really neat" handwriting for a child - and posted on her local Facebook community group on Thursday morning to track down the author.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

The sticker will feature a butterfly — an image that Parton had long used in her logos — with the singer’s first name in her handwriting in the middle, all in Tennessee orange and white.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

Mr. Neely just wrote our first lab book assignment on the board in his scrunched-up, scratchy handwriting, and he’s getting all excited about this scientific process stuff.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

Nithya Raman slowly recited the start of her handwritten message to Angelenos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Eventually he uses a computer to type the scripts, picking handwritten lines that flow best, but writing from scratch on a computer feels “too disposable.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

He also claimed Strange also put some of Eminem’s handwritten lyrics up for sale.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

In July 2025, an anonymous handwritten letter was posted to police in Harlow, weeks after a BBC podcast was broadcast examining the case.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

When he is near enough to read parts of the gown, he realizes that they are love letters, inscribed in handwritten text.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

For Christmas in 1995, he handwrote that poem and gave it to his father and two grandfathers along with a pair of black socks each.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025

In college, I hung paper seahorses from the ceiling and handwrote poems which I taped below the window by my bed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2025

Research, for example, has found that students’ brains were more active when they handwrote information rather than typing it on a keyboard and when using a pen and paper versus a stylus and a tablet.

From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2025

Once he settled against a gubernatorial bid, Kennedy said he handwrote his announcement statement.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2018

Underneath, he handwrote: “If done under your assurance that it is not traceable.”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin


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