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The chalkboards were clean and the chairs pulled neatly to each desk.
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Susan Mathison, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
This is worse than fingernails on a chalkboard to me.
—R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 20 July 2025
Movies and television shows often portray mathematicians scribbling on chalkboards in seclusion, but that picture is often far from accurate.
—Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 18 July 2025
Some come with old chalkboards or bulletin boards inside.
—Liliana Fannin, jsonline.com, 10 July 2025
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Susan Mathison, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
This is worse than fingernails on a chalkboard to me.
—R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 20 July 2025
Movies and television shows often portray mathematicians scribbling on chalkboards in seclusion, but that picture is often far from accurate.
—Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 18 July 2025
Some come with old chalkboards or bulletin boards inside.
—Liliana Fannin, jsonline.com, 10 July 2025
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“Chalkboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chalkboard. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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chalkboard
noun
chalk·board
ˈchȯk-ˌbō(ə)rd 
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd
: a dark smooth surface (as of slate) used for writing or drawing on with chalk
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