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

[rit] / rɪt /


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It’s that rarest of investigative-journalism properties: a consistently profitable enterprise that commands the levels of advertising expenditures that have otherwise plunged across traditional TV and informational media writ large.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

Now imagine that kind of corrupted, perverted system of justice writ large.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

Beneath the pomp and bonhomie there are significant differences in what the two sides want to get out of the summit and how they perceive the U.S.-China relationship writ large.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

“Tech writ large is now” 40% of global equity value, Nicholas Colas, co-founder of DataTrek Research, said in a note emailed Tuesday.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

Without jail, there could be no writ of habeas corpus.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling




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