from scratch
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Eventually he uses a computer to type the scripts, picking handwritten lines that flow best, but writing from scratch on a computer feels “too disposable.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Instead of starting from scratch, the immune system appears to reactivate an established inflammatory response.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
With Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office in his corner, Sramek was chasing a prize: a $3 billion shipyard beside the city he wants to build from scratch here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Then, she’ll start from scratch, asking what a patient is feeling and making clinical decisions from there.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
The homemade biscuits she’d make from scratch, while telling us great stories of when we were kings and queens ruling the lands, running free.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
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