writ

Example Sentences

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The states have an important and ongoing role in regulating gaming writ large.

From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026

"It's why I am calling on anyone with a platform to be very responsible with their rhetoric, not to identify or target the Jewish community. That is antisemitism writ large," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

I have a lot of respect for people, those ultrawealthy individuals who commit themselves to supporting culture writ large, the museums and beyond—symphony, opera, theater.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

His lawyers still managed to persuade Provinzino to issue a writ of habeas corpus ordering his immediate release in Minnesota and the return of all confiscated property.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026

One firm, Merchant & Co., which had supplied the iron for his kiln and vault, had gone so far as to secure a writ of replevin to take the iron back.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson