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Older readers of this article may have learned to write in such a way (guilty yer honor) – dipping the nib of a pen into an inkwell, and scratching out the words, hoping to have sufficient ink to complete a word, without picking up too much ink and smudging your masterpiece.
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Mike Hanlon, New Atlas, 6 Mar. 2025
In first grade, when a teacher called him a hick, Ciotti threw an inkwell at her.
—D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Players discard cards to create an inkwell that is the main resource for playing cards and summoning characters
Exhausted cards become targets for challenges where cards battle one another.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
Now, even non-publishers could exchange chicken-scratch penmanship and sloppy inkwells for precise, easy-to-read type, speeding business, legal, medical and personal communications.
—Nick Yetto, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
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Mike Hanlon, New Atlas, 6 Mar. 2025
In first grade, when a teacher called him a hick, Ciotti threw an inkwell at her.
—D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Players discard cards to create an inkwell that is the main resource for playing cards and summoning characters
Exhausted cards become targets for challenges where cards battle one another.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
Now, even non-publishers could exchange chicken-scratch penmanship and sloppy inkwells for precise, easy-to-read type, speeding business, legal, medical and personal communications.
—Nick Yetto, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
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“Inkwell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inkwell. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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inkwell
noun
ink·well
ˈiŋ-ˌkwel 
: a container for ink
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