writ
Example Sentences
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Writ large, Europe needs a more dynamic financial engine for the capital-intensive goals its leaders have set out in defense, green transition and artificial intelligence.
From Barron's • Oct. 25, 2025
Also known as the "Great Writ of Liberty", habeas corpus grants prisoners the right to challenge their imprisonment in a court of law.
From BBC • May 11, 2025
The lawsuit, filed in 2022, hinges on a Philippine legal remedy called the Writ of Kalikasan.
From Science Magazine • May 2, 2024
Writ large, the entertainment landscape is encountering Clay Christensen’s famous Innovator’s Dilemma in real time.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2023
Since a Suggestion from the Master is a Command not unlike Holy Writ, I shall digress and comply at the same Time.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing writ
The Constitution of the United States
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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100 SAT words Beginning with W,X,Y, and Z
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