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cursive

[kur-siv] / ˈkɜr sɪv /






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Who else sees “Instagzam”? Instagram unveiled its first brand refresh in a decade, swapping its classic cursive wordmark for a hybrid script that is drawing mixed reactions online.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 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

Some of the detectives’ notes had been written in cursive, which she helped translate for her younger teammates.

From Slate Apr. 6, 2026

Her legal team argued that the way Cathay Home has styled the word "Swift" in its branding closely resembled the singer's trademarked cursive signature.

From BBC Feb. 12, 2026

In the corner was a cursive capital W. She had studied the twins’ penmanship notebooks to make sure she got it right.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

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

It is the text of all the uncials but two, of all the cursives but six or seven; and this alone ought to be decisive.

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

This verse is omitted by אABEGHP, and of the cursives by 31, 61 of the first rank, by 24, 91, 184, 185, 188, 189, 221, and full fifty others.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

The venerable Syriac Version he has also insisted on reducing very nearly to the level of the despised cursives.

From The Revision Revised by John William Burgon




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