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as in handwriting
the form or style of a particular person's writing
doctors are famous for their illegible penmanship
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as in calligraphy
writing done by hand
the students spend far more time honing their computer skills than they do improving their penmanship
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Recent Examples of penmanship
The book appears to have all of its original pages, which are covered with tidy penmanship.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
Learning cursive used to be standard in classrooms across the United States, with penmanship graded.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Jan. 2025
Most of these are from the Revolutionary War-era, known for looped and flowing penmanship.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Jan. 2025
The majority of the handwritten documents that need transcribing are from the Revolutionary War when writing in cursive was the standard form of penmanship, the outlet said.
—Danielle Jennings, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
Learning cursive used to be standard in classrooms across the United States, with penmanship graded.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Jan. 2025
Most of these are from the Revolutionary War-era, known for looped and flowing penmanship.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Jan. 2025
The majority of the handwritten documents that need transcribing are from the Revolutionary War when writing in cursive was the standard form of penmanship, the outlet said.
—Danielle Jennings, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for penmanship
Recent Examples of Synonyms for penmanship
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Forty-two students helped to transfer the original messages onto large river rocks, replicating not only their words but the original handwriting and drawings.—
Liz Rothaus Bertrand,
Charlotte Observer,
28 May 2025
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In addition, a double-sided leaf notebook that Lincoln used as a boy in school, which has the earliest surviving examples of his handwriting, sold for $521,200.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
23 May 2025
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The company is also expected to announce a new bidirectional Arabic and English keyboard, a virtual calligraphy pen for Apple Pencil users and a new system for syncing hotel Wi-Fi login details across devices.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
28 May 2025
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File photo of four-kanji character, taken on Dec. 22, 2020, as high school students pose following a calligraphy performance in Osaka.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 May 2025
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“Penmanship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penmanship. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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