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write

[rahyt] / raɪt /


VERB
to use a computer language, program
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Bosses and recruiters often write off frequent job hoppers as unreliable flight risks.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Diagnosed with autism, Arday had said he was non-verbal until age 11 and only learnt to read and write at 18, before becoming Cambridge's professor of sociology of education at 37.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

Women write to her to say they see themselves in Joyce and Jonasi's other wives.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

If you take your required minimum distribution in March and write your charitable checks in December, you’ll pay tax on money you gave away.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

“Now we’ll write down the addresses and try to figure out who lives near whom,” he says.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

‘Yes, his contributions to entertainment will be long remembered and enjoyed, but his gifts to children will likely have no end,’ writes an L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Investors must learn to live with uncertainty about any supplies from the Gulf even if an agreement on the strait eventually appears, Christopher Smart writes.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

He would remain, Mr. Chabal writes, an “insider’s outsider.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

"It is surprising that the discourse from many developing AI is so filled with doom," he writes.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

In his papers, there’s a letter he writes and does not send to the duke.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Byrd and Roberts can still ask the First District Court of Appeal to review the denial of their Stand Your Ground motion before trial, through a petition for a writ of prohibition.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

The government injected billions into banks, insurance giant AIG and the automobile industry to prevent the collapse of individual companies that would have jeopardized the economy and the financial system writ large if they failed.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 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

From the moment a writ is moved in Parliament - the process of formally triggering a by-election - it usually takes place between 21 and 27 working days.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

A somberness darkened his voice and regard—the mysteries of Weep, writ on its own hero’s face.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

A talented songwriter, Cecil wrote tracks for Patti Labelle, the Four Tops and the O’Jays.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Unlike the British, from whom the America’s founders adapted impeachment, the Framers wrote a definition of impeachable conduct into the Constitution—“treason, bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.”

From Slate Aug. 17, 2026

"If the index reaches 4,000 tomorrow I will go to the cinema to support this movie," one Weibo user wrote.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

In fact, nobody knows exactly where Homer wrote his epic poems and there is much mythology around the idea of his cave.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

“I am just a simple, ordinary person, not a heroine,” Joey wrote to Marie Dachauer in 1945.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Challenged with creating movements that speak to character and story, layering a bold, physical narrative over a written one, this season’s Emmy-nominated choreographers made mesmerizing scenes come to life.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

You also have another series, called The Best of AI: Animation, that calls its entries “human in spirit” and proclaims that “another cinematic language is being written right now.”

From Slate Aug. 16, 2026

Each additional symbol brought the opportunity to bring greater refinement of rhythm, feeling and clarity to the written word.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

By keeping the action and themes largely Earthbound and removing the interstellar glamour associated with flying supes and suits, “Lanterns” reignites our consideration of a superhero long written off in the live-action realm.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

With surprise written all over her face, she, too, looked at us.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

The paper has not yet been peer-reviewed, and the author has denied the allegations, publicly saying she does not believe that generative AI belongs in the writing process.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Inside, travellers have left Greek scrawled on the walls, although it is not clear how old the writing is.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

But Trump’s latest posts appear less interested in interrogating Washington than in imagining him as a collaborator — writing, riding and offering design tips to his 21st-century successor.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

Lisa Foiles posted a tribute on Facebook, writing, “It doesn’t feel fair when we lose one of our own. Christy was mesmerizing to me on ‘All That.’

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

So, I try to explain what I’m writing about, but it isn’t so easy to explain.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison




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