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calligraphy

[kuh-lig-ruh-fee] / kəˈlɪg rə fi /
NOUN
chirography
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NOUN
hand
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That preparation included lessons in calligraphy, horseback riding, piano and Regency dancing.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2026

It looked disorientingly familiar to a fellow Egyptian American: Art from Egypt lined the walls, with brass pieces and calligraphy you’d find in a Cairo bazaar.

From Slate Apr. 29, 2026

To illustrate, she holds up a box of charred scraps covered in Arabic calligraphy.

From BBC Dec. 4, 2025

After photos hit the wires showing construction equipment at the White House, tearing into the East Wing, critics lamented the lost quarters of the social secretary and the calligraphy office.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 23, 2025

Ahead, close enough to touch, sit the mountains I’ve been staggering toward for five days, their rocky trails curving and swooping like Tribal calligraphy.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Brienne calligraphies his final noble life deeds into the Book of Brothers, using phrases like “impossible odds” and “alone” and “without loss of life.”

From The New Yorker May 20, 2019




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