writ
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But the list of female journalists he’s gone after in anger reads like a who’s who of the Washington press corps writ large.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
It represents a leap in the evolution of Saar’s work — her smaller scale imaginings now writ large.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Reform MP Lee Anderson moved the writ in the Commons on Thursday morning, meaning there will be a likely by-election date of Thursday, 13 August, though this has yet to be confirmed.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Nonalcoholic drinks are still tiny compared with the $100 billion-plus U.S. alcoholic-beverage industry writ large.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 3, 2026
It is all a game to them still, a tourney writ large, and all they see is the chance for glory and honor and spoils.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
They tore into him with false claims and calumnies and writs against him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
Such writs are rare because they permit intervention before normal appellate procedures have been exhausted.
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2025
Sentenced to 26 years to life in prison, Martinez spent the next three decades filing writs, appeals and petitions as a self-taught jailhouse lawyer.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2024
The Smith team then made its most important and aggressive move by noting that when judges have issued clearly erroneous jury instructions that doom prosecutions, “courts have permitted the government to obtain writs of mandamus.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2024
When Walter, who could barely read or write, failed to file the various pleadings, writs, motions, and lawsuits the other prisoners had advised him to file, they blamed him for his predicament.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Vocabulary lists containing writ
The Constitution of the United States
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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100 SAT words Beginning with W,X,Y, and Z
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