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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

At the center of the Venn diagram of people who love technology and love to handwrite everything, there’s ReMarkable.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 23, 2025

“As a general rule, reading and writing go hand in hand, and the ability to actually handwrite is key in the development of young learners.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 8, 2024

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

He taught me how to handwrite the alphabet before I went to school.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia

We also want to get an auto pen so we can write handwritten cards for guests because it’s kind of hard to write perfect handwriting in different languages and in cursive.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

A 2009 report by the National Academy of Sciences examining the state of forensic sciences found, “The scientific basis for handwriting comparisons needs to be strengthened.”

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

The brand sold a few hundred of them and Olivia spent the next day handwriting the labels and sending off orders.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

The metal containers carried the inscription "South Africa 1900" and, in a copy of the Queen's handwriting, "I wish you a happy new year".

From BBC May 12, 2026

“This book was Gram’s. I always thought my grandpa wrote this inscription because of what it says, but you can’t really read the signature, can you? It matches, Fina. The handwriting matches the journal’s.”

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

For their youngest child, maternity notes came in an app which could be accessed with a screen reader on their phone, rather than being handwritten in the traditional NHS blue book.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

The insider further revealed that the lovers spent 20 minutes exchanging their handwritten vows, and that they handed out custom handkerchiefs, embroidered with a “TT” and lyrics from Swift’s 2014 song “Blank Space.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 7, 2026

Businesses are ditching AI-generated graphic design for handwritten signage.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

As they craft, artisans chant aloud the design code handwritten on a strip of paper known as talim -- shorthand of ancient symbols for numbers and colours -- knotting the threads string by string.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

Under a poster next to the counter, the handwritten marks are still there.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

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 1997, The Times described how McArthur refused to use a typewriter or computer and painstakingly handwrote his Bible studies.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 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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