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  • past participle of write.
  • past tense form of write.
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writ

[rit] / rɪt /


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His feelings about music’s power writ large are similarly expansive and generous.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

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

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

Message; movement; information; form; Darwin; Mendel; Morgan: all was writ into that precarious assemblage of molecules.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

California’s district judges were overrun with emergency petitions for writs of habeas corpus, a legal maneuver rarely used outside death row appeals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

General warrants and writs of assistance enraged the colonies precisely because they allowed British officials to rummage through homes and businesses without individualized suspicion.

From Slate ● May 20, 2026

They tore into him with false claims and calumnies and writs against him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

Alberta's chief electoral officer Glen Resler said writs were issued on Monday to administer elections across the province.

From Reuters ● May 1, 2023

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




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