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
Synonyms
Examples of manuscript in a Sentence
Noun
The library owns the author's original manuscript.
a copy of the composer's manuscript
Recent Examples on the Web
Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2024
Byron Janis, an American pianist renowned for his commanding performances of the Romantic repertory and for his discovery of manuscript copies of two Chopin waltzes, died on Thursday in Manhattan.
—Allan Kozinn, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
Early features, like the manuscript preview and BookLife prize, were dismissed at the time.
—Christopher Null, WIRED, 7 Feb. 2024
There were two pages of notes, and two more of instructions on manuscript paper.
—Joshua Barone, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
The first is a manuscript fragment from The Scarlet Letter, hand-copied by Hawthorne as a memento for an unnamed friend after the novel was published.
—Ted Scheinman, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2023
Sikander’s anti-nostalgic relationship to the manuscript tradition allows her to both advance and deconstruct its idioms.
—Naib Mian, The New Yorker, 1 June 2022
That bucolic vision was disrupted when the university president, aware of Stewart’s knowledge of early Christian sites in the Middle East, asked him to take on a manuscript preservation project for the Orthodox Christian church in northern Lebanon.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2021
Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Schøyen is now auctioning the manuscript alongside other pieces from his collection.
—Lucia Suarez Sang, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
Sampson now owns the rights to the Bill Martin, Jr. estate, including all of his writings, artwork, and unpublished manuscripts.
—Sari Hitchins, Parents, 15 Mar. 2024
Bill edited manuscripts in his semi-retirement and applied his intense diligence to one unwieldy book after another.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2024
None of his editors or longtime publishers appears to have thought of protecting him or acknowledging the manuscript’s vapidity.
—Michael Greenberg, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
The firm investigated the authorship and scientific credit portions of the dispute and concluded that Sharma was likely responsible for a scientific hypothesis at the heart of the feud and should be named as a co-senior author on a key manuscript.
—Angus Chen, STAT, 26 Feb. 2024
Other recent investigations include recovering artifacts stolen from Okinawa, Japan at the end of World War II, according to the FBI’s website, returning a 16th-century manuscript to Peru, and another fraudster in Massachusetts who sold counterfeit Andy Warhol paintings, also on eBay.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
On Tuesday, Haiti’s National Library, Bibliothèque Nationale, which holds rare historical books and manuscripts, issued an SOS as armed gunmen surrounded the building for a second day.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2024
Adjective
Details are in a manuscript form and have been submitted for publication.
—Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2024
Byron Janis, an American pianist renowned for his commanding performances of the Romantic repertory and for his discovery of manuscript copies of two Chopin waltzes, died on Thursday in Manhattan.
—Allan Kozinn, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
Early features, like the manuscript preview and BookLife prize, were dismissed at the time.
—Christopher Null, WIRED, 7 Feb. 2024
There were two pages of notes, and two more of instructions on manuscript paper.
—Joshua Barone, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
The first is a manuscript fragment from The Scarlet Letter, hand-copied by Hawthorne as a memento for an unnamed friend after the novel was published.
—Ted Scheinman, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2023
Sikander’s anti-nostalgic relationship to the manuscript tradition allows her to both advance and deconstruct its idioms.
—Naib Mian, The New Yorker, 1 June 2022
That bucolic vision was disrupted when the university president, aware of Stewart’s knowledge of early Christian sites in the Middle East, asked him to take on a manuscript preservation project for the Orthodox Christian church in northern Lebanon.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2021
Noun
The book, which became a bestseller, featured Simpson’s original manuscript but with an introduction by the Goldmans, who viewed the story as Simpson’s confession.
—Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Schøyen is now auctioning the manuscript alongside other pieces from his collection.
—Lucia Suarez Sang, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
Sampson now owns the rights to the Bill Martin, Jr. estate, including all of his writings, artwork, and unpublished manuscripts.
—Sari Hitchins, Parents, 15 Mar. 2024
Bill edited manuscripts in his semi-retirement and applied his intense diligence to one unwieldy book after another.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2024
None of his editors or longtime publishers appears to have thought of protecting him or acknowledging the manuscript’s vapidity.
—Michael Greenberg, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
The firm investigated the authorship and scientific credit portions of the dispute and concluded that Sharma was likely responsible for a scientific hypothesis at the heart of the feud and should be named as a co-senior author on a key manuscript.
—Angus Chen, STAT, 26 Feb. 2024
Other recent investigations include recovering artifacts stolen from Okinawa, Japan at the end of World War II, according to the FBI’s website, returning a 16th-century manuscript to Peru, and another fraudster in Massachusetts who sold counterfeit Andy Warhol paintings, also on eBay.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
On Tuesday, Haiti’s National Library, Bibliothèque Nationale, which holds rare historical books and manuscripts, issued an SOS as armed gunmen surrounded the building for a second day.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2024
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