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writ

[rit] / rɪt /


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There’s plenty of folks who I’ve heard from personally, who are concerned, not just for themselves, but for their neighbors, for their friends and for the system writ large.

From Salon

"So we have to husband those resources and steward them as best we can to achieve the optimal outcome for obviously our own citizens, but also our partners writ large."

From BBC

Whether any of these downfalls will result in a re-examination of how men treat women writ large looks less likely.

From The Wall Street Journal

“It was like a play in a game. It wasn’t the game writ large.”

From The Wall Street Journal

On Monday, government chief whip Jonathan Reynolds asked for the writ for the Gorton and Denton constituency to be issued in Parliament.

From BBC