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cursive

[kur-siv] / ˈkɜr sɪv /






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Her conviction showed in the careful way she packed away every piece, writing my name in her distinctive cursive script across the top of each box.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Instagram did something bold and brave this week: It unveiled a new wordmark for the first time, stepping away from its signature cursive to a new and strange part-modern, part-script font.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 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

His custom designs range variously include the Miesha name, a half-lady ghost-butterfly, splattered imagery, quotes in cursive and barbed wire lettering.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

We were expected to master “running writing,” or cursive.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

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

A, together with the Syriac versions, the Gothic, and the whole body of the cursives, recognizes none of these irregularities: but exhibits the commonly received text with entire fidelity.

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

But when a leap is made from this position to another sweeping assertion that all cursives are alike, it is necessary to put a stop to so illicit a process.

From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by John William Burgon

Now, as for the cursives, with the memorable exception of Evann.

From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by John William Burgon




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