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manuscripts

noun

plural of manuscript

as in handwritings

writing done by hand beautiful, careful manuscript on the school's diplomas

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Recent Examples of manuscripts On Tuesday afternoon OpenAI dropped more than 700 manuscripts reporting proofs, solutions and progress on 372 open problems across theoretical research. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026 The manuscripts the young woman spent her year in Bordeaux studying gave shape to her dreams. — Ellen O’Connell Whittet, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026 Gabriel Heaton, Sotheby’s books and manuscripts specialist, said the decision to offer the material as a single lot came from the strength of the archive as a whole. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Judging by her few surviving manuscripts, Austen didn’t much use commas (or paragraphs). — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 Previous seasons saw Vernon curate the subterranean room into messy domestic tableaux, with pieces nestled among scenes of dinner parties and unfinished musical manuscripts—the detritus of a chaotic creative process. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026 De Kreij identified the tiny slip of paper while looking at a collection of early Christian manuscripts purchased by the university in the mid-20th century, according to a news release from the institution. — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 Leo also scrapped Francis’ plan to move parts of the Vatican’s secret archives and library off-site, ordering a new building inside the city-state to safeguard its trove of manuscripts. — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026 The site’s clients can be almost anyone — students and academics looking for help with research papers; business people needing proposals and projects written or edited; and/or writers of books, screenplays and other manuscripts. — Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2026

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