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penmanship

[pen-muhn-ship] / ˈpɛn mənˌʃɪp /


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If interpreting the economy now hinges on fine differences between upper and lowercases, sloppy penmanship could lead to financial ruin.

From Barron's Dec. 4, 2025

This isn’t to say everyone needs to brush up on penmanship and stop using AI calendars.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 26, 2025

The process might have felt impersonal to an adult, but as a child, receiving dozens of little envelopes that were addressed to me, in the individual penmanship of each of my classmates, felt heavenly.

From New York Times Feb. 10, 2024

“He had very good penmanship even in haste,” Nantz said.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 30, 2023

I wouldn’t even try hard in the classroom and if I flunked penmanship, so what?

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz




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