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handwrite

[hand-rahyt] / ˈhændˌraɪt /


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At the center of the Venn diagram of people who love technology and love to handwrite everything, there’s ReMarkable.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 23, 2025

“As a general rule, reading and writing go hand in hand, and the ability to actually handwrite is key in the development of young learners.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 8, 2024

In addition to requiring students in her intro courses to handwrite their code, the paper exams will count for a higher percentage of the grade this fall, she said.

From Seattle Times Aug. 9, 2023

I couldn’t sustain the necessary postures and angles to handwrite legibly.

From Slate Jul. 6, 2021

In high school I had been able to handwrite ten- and twenty-page papers in little more than an hour—and I never revised what I wrote.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

We also want to get an auto pen so we can write handwritten cards for guests because it’s kind of hard to write perfect handwriting in different languages and in cursive.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Other forensic experts, particularly in handwriting analysis, concluded that the will didn’t match Hughes’s strokes, recalled Lyter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

The metal containers carried the inscription "South Africa 1900" and, in a copy of the Queen's handwriting, "I wish you a happy new year".

From BBC May 12, 2026

But the inept followers aside — and many of them are falling to the side — there are those who see the handwriting on the wall.

From Salon Feb. 27, 2026

I flipped through them until I got to the last page, where I found words in handwriting I didn’t recognize.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

We also want to get an auto pen so we can write handwritten cards for guests because it’s kind of hard to write perfect handwriting in different languages and in cursive.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Roh Soh-yeong’s lawyers submitted a handwritten note that Roh’s mother had apparently saved.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

They added that most threats now emerge online, replacing handwritten letters and other traditional forms of communication as the primary source.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Last year, The Abbey, a Samuel Smith pub in Derby, abruptly closed with a handwritten note placed on the door saying the brewery owner was unhappy about photos of it being shared online.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

She shuffled her papers—mostly drawings of buildings and a bunch of handwritten notes.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

For Christmas in 1995, he handwrote that poem and gave it to his father and two grandfathers along with a pair of black socks each.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 9, 2025

In college, I hung paper seahorses from the ceiling and handwrote poems which I taped below the window by my bed.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 20, 2025

Research, for example, has found that students’ brains were more active when they handwrote information rather than typing it on a keyboard and when using a pen and paper versus a stylus and a tablet.

From Salon Jun. 8, 2025

The Queen, who championed the anniversary project to refresh the library, handwrote an introduction to the Modern-Day Miniature Library project.

From BBC Jan. 30, 2024

Underneath, he handwrote: “If done under your assurance that it is not traceable.”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin




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