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She wrote the book in longhand.
my computer was down for most of the afternoon, so I wrote out my report in longhand
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DeMille wrote all of his manuscripts in longhand, and 17 of his books have been bestsellers.
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CBS News, 18 Sep. 2024
And while other companies began to digitize operations, Samyang’s employees did their books in longhand.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
Put to task by Aboriginal elders, her job was to take down their every word in longhand.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
The final, one of Brown’s first in college, required him to write the formulas on paper longhand, rather than typing them in a cell on computer spreadsheet, which can serve as a guide for the data to be input.
—oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2021
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CBS News, 18 Sep. 2024
And while other companies began to digitize operations, Samyang’s employees did their books in longhand.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
Put to task by Aboriginal elders, her job was to take down their every word in longhand.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
The final, one of Brown’s first in college, required him to write the formulas on paper longhand, rather than typing them in a cell on computer spreadsheet, which can serve as a guide for the data to be input.
—oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2021
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“Longhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/longhand. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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longhand
noun
long·hand
ˈlȯŋ-ˌhand 
1
: the characters or words written out fully by hand
2
: cursive writing
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