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handwrite

[hand-rahyt] / ˈhændˌraɪt /


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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

I couldn’t sustain the necessary postures and angles to handwrite legibly.

From Slate Jul. 6, 2021

Users of the app can handwrite or draw on their iPhone or iPad, which the company will then print and mail.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 4, 2017

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

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

In some cases, online stores are set up by fraudsters who forge items by purchasing products before adding a fake signature - either by doing so themselves or employing the services of expert handwriting copiers.

From BBC Mar. 23, 2026

“The childish scribbling handwriting is also a red herring for some of the more serious and sinister themes in the book, “ says Cash.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 16, 2026

But the inept followers aside — and many of them are falling to the side — there are those who see the handwriting on the wall.

From Salon Feb. 27, 2026

Every detail of her Olympic visit was closely scrutinised, from the clothes she wore to the bag she was carrying and even her handwriting.

From Barron's Feb. 24, 2026

There is an envelope with my name, Hank Hooperman, in my mom’s curlicue handwriting with hearts above the o’s.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

“I told him I didn’t remember if we had already discussed, but that she couldn’t accompany him on trips,” Manuel wrote in a previously unreported note on Aug. 29, 2024, handwritten on Michigan letterhead.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Others held handwritten banners reading: "You made us proud, men."

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

Last year, The Abbey, a Samuel Smith pub in Derby, abruptly closed with a handwritten note placed on the door saying the brewery owner was unhappy about photos of it being shared online.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

So when a series of letters, handwritten in English and allegedly signed by El Chapo, recently began arriving at the federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y., they posed a mystery.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2026

Inside, on the police chief’s stationery, was a handwritten note.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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

That morning he handwrote Javier Bardem a letter to congratulate him on his performance.

From BBC Oct. 14, 2024

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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