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
As president, he didn’t when he suspended the writ of habeas corpus early in the Civil War.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 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
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 • Feb. 18, 2026
He promised that we would soon have a satire acted upon the rebels, writ by the notorious wit Major-General Burgoyne, with curtain-tunes and airs by this same excellent sapper to please the crowd.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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