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scratch

[skrach] / skrætʃ /
NOUN
small cut or mark
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Sure enough, I had a scratch in my throat and was more tired than usual.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Cooking a full-fledged meal from scratch seems too laborious.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

The structure, designed by Maybe Paris with Hermès creative director Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski, was built from scratch and took three weeks to build.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Microsoft says it built the model "from scratch" with "no distillation" of rival models -- a common shortcut that involves copying a competitor's outputs to train a new system more cheaply and quickly.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

“It’s just a scratch on my hand, maybe one on my leg; I’m okay. But look.”

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega




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