handwrite
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of handwrite
First recorded in 1840–50; back formation from handwriting
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I could also handwrite a last will and testament explaining my wishes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
“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
“You tell him I’m taking his fabricator and his cryptography equipment, and he can handwrite notes to his friends for the next 30 years,” she ranted.
From The Verge ● Feb. 11, 2019
I had to handwrite the whole thing twice, just so there were no errors in it.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
"The handwriting is the same, but I can't say more," Mutso said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
He said Athena never had her husband sign anything and that she said the signatures didn’t match his handwriting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
But the pantry door has pencil marks on it, one for every kid every year, with the dates in my handwriting.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
BRQ: My handwriting changes depending on how I feel, and the things that I say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
While he catalogued each element of the circus in shaky handwriting, he could not manage to record his encounter with the red-haired girl.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
He showed Sarah a photo of handwritten notes he had signed promising not to talk about violent incidents and told her his wife controlled his social-media accounts and communications, the memo alleges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
The handwritten letter was then passed to Meghan in January 2019, with the duchess saying last week that it had "made troubling and disturbing allegations against my father".
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Nithya Raman slowly recited the start of her handwritten message to Angelenos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
From this notebook page, handwritten by Martin McDonagh while sitting poolside in Los Angeles, the lisp line went straight into the mouth of John Malkovich in the new film Wild Horse Nine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
But Avery Jenkins’s letters, handwritten in print so small I needed a magnifying glass to read them, convinced me that he had been very ill for a long time.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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
Once he settled against a gubernatorial bid, Kennedy said he handwrote his announcement statement.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2018
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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