1
: a written or typewritten composition or document as distinguished from a printed copy
also
: a document submitted for publication
The library owns the author's original manuscript.
2
: writing as opposed to print
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Noun
The library owns the author's original manuscript.
a copy of the composer's manuscript
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This is not the first biography about poet, essayist, and activist Audre Lorde, but fellow poet Alexis Pauline Gumbs is among the first researchers able to delve into Lorde's manuscript archives.
—Theara Coleman, theweek, 5 Aug. 2024
Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
The exact origins of the manuscript remain uncertain, although North Africa, Iraq and Andalusia in southern Spain have been proposed as possible locations.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
More research, more manuscript drafting, more emails.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 2 Oct. 2024
This is not the first biography about poet, essayist, and activist Audre Lorde, but fellow poet Alexis Pauline Gumbs is among the first researchers able to delve into Lorde's manuscript archives.
—Theara Coleman, theweek, 5 Aug. 2024
Noun
Analyzing the visual power of material objects — paintings, sculptures, textiles, manuscripts, ceramics, etc. — in the context of their creation had always been an art historian’s primary activity.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
The exact origins of the manuscript remain uncertain, although North Africa, Iraq and Andalusia in southern Spain have been proposed as possible locations.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for manuscript
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“Manuscript.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manuscript. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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