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scribing

verb

present participle of scribe

as in filing

to mark with or as if with a line or groove carefully scribed two lines into the wood

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Recent Examples of scribing Neither of them knew how much work lay ahead, and Don was a perfectionist, scribing each new board to fit as snugly as a puzzle piece against the irregular stone walls. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 13 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, the game has increasingly moved from scribing per se to revenue-cycle management, where health systems can see the financial payoff. — Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026

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Desulme’s attorney, Ben Kuehne, told the Miami Herald his client was disappointed in the ruling and would be appealing it, in addition to filing a counterclaim against Morgan for the 80-cent shortage.

— Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
Perry-Bond also rebuked the lawyer who requested the gag order for including in a court filing an email exchange with an attorney for one of the other men.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

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Test the plant’s health by lightly scratching the woody stems—healthy tissue beneath the bark will typically look green.

— Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 9 Oct. 2026
Well, then the sound of television writer Joe Wiseman clearing his throat over and over again might as well be Gilbert Gottfried’s laugh scratching against a chalkboard.

— Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

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Michael Goessling remembers being eight years old and grooving to The Doobie Brothers.

— Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
On Labor Day 2025, Zohran Kwame Mamdani enjoyed Brooklyn’s West Indian American Day Parade, grooving on various floats as an assemblyman representing Astoria, Queens.

— Reshma B, VIBE.com, 7 Sep. 2026

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