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cursive

[kur-siv] / ˈkɜr sɪv /






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Its fonts, a mix of cursive and midcentury typeface, were inspired by his business card.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 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

Her left leg is a canvas of tributes: Dior, her 3-year-old son, is inked behind her knee in flowing cursive.

From Los Angeles Times May 11, 2025

Her name, Rosaleen Daise, was written twenty-five times at least down the page in large, careful cursive, like the first paper you turn in when school starts.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

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 Miller, Edward

Those familiar words, vouched for by 16 uncials and all the cursives, are quite above suspicion.

From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William

Accordingly the three uncials, which of those that give the Apocalypse date nearest to the period of corruption, adopt υ, followed by nine cursives, the Harkleian Syriac, and the Armenian versions.

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 Miller, Edward




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