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parchment

[pahrch-muhnt] / ˈpɑrtʃ mənt /
NOUN
vellum
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Other than the official, signed copy at the National Archives, this is the only known parchment manuscript copy in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Congress ordered broadsides to be made and an engrossed parchment of the signed document to be produced, but the latter became one among many official papers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Then do a quick sweep of your surfaces: crumbs, scraps, stray La Croix cans, to-go coffee cups, bits of plastic wrap or parchment.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

Keyes added: "Reconstructing the hide soaking tank will shed light on the finer details of this process and the parchment samples produced can be compared directly with original manuscripts."

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

One depended instead on a pair of tasseled wall lights shaded by a quarter circle of fake parchment.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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