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parchment

[pahrch-muhnt] / ˈpɑrtʃ mənt /
NOUN
vellum
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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

"If implemented at scale, it could represent a milestone in the history of knowledge storage, akin to oracle bones, medieval parchment or the modern hard drive," they said.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Now there is the sense he doesn’t really care, that the old parchment may not be equal to the demands of the moment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2025

The fifth scythe, a short man with an odd frown about him, stood and read from a sheet of parchment that could have been hundreds of years old.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman




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