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penning

[ pen-ing ]

noun



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Word History and Origins

Origin of penning1

First recorded in 1620–30; pen 2 + -ing 1
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Citizens were penning letters to the editor to defend their library during last week’s National Library – from Moultrie, Georgia to East Aurora, New York.

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But if you start the clock when the Cuban supergroup’s music first seeped into his soul, he’s been penning it for decades.

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Zelensky refused Trump's demand for an "explicit public apology", instead penning a letter to the US president and calling their White House showdown "regrettable".

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He still writes — penning articles for the prison newspaper, the Mule Creek Post, with headlines such as “Finding Christmas cheer in dreary confines” and “How to escape prison — through the library.”

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Given that he writes about what he knows, has lived and has loved, it’s no surprise to learn from Mathews that he, like Davis, was once involved in penning a doomed remake of “Alfredo Garcia.”

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