MANUSCRIPT Synonyms: 13 Similar and Opposite Words

manuscript

noun

Definition of manuscript

as in handwriting

writing done by hand beautiful, careful manuscript on the school's diplomas

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Recent Examples of manuscript Kardashian read the manuscript, objected to some passages and, according to Van Meter, ultimately accepted almost all of them. — Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026 The flagship journal has stopped accepting manuscripts and grant reviews, fundraisers, and educational activities have ceased. — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 23 Oct. 2026 At this point, police have found more than 600,000 images, 70,000 videos and more than 10,000 pages of writings, manuscripts and drawings on various digital devices at the house on Chew Avenue. — Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 Next year, Madrid’s prestigious Museo Reina Sofía will open an outpost in the city, with a collection of 138,000 paintings, sculptures and manuscripts. — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for manuscript

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Bahdanau was working with artificial neural networks, which had already shown promise in pattern-recognition tasks such as deciphering handwriting and identifying objects in photos.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026
Some handwriting experts wondered whether a lack of panache in penmanship was generational.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of handwriting

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Buly is hosting free calligraphy courses in its Central boutique in Hong Kong and in Hong Kong, The Louis is updating two galleries to explore the houses’ love of Art Deco and its ties with China.

— Denni Hu, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Inspired by a Miró retrospective from earlier that year, and having learned about Matisse via Krasner, Pollock trials a variety of marks, from broad, clean planes of blue, orange, and black to jazzy calligraphy.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of calligraphy

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