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write-up

[rahyt-uhp] / ˈraɪtˌʌp /
NOUN
written description or account
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In the write-up of the survey dispatched to clients Tuesday, Deutsche Bank’s clients are also a little bit less hawkish than the consensus.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

In an email to ProPublica and Drilled, Socolow wrote that the document was not a first draft of “Wedges,” but, he added, it was the first substantial write-up of his ideas.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026

I was skeptical that the world needed a fifth installment of the Toy Story franchise, but then I read Dana Stevens’ write-up of a film that “wrestles with an existential threat to the franchise—and triumphs.”

From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2026

When a promotion is at stake, a professor is often inclined to soften his marks for fear of a bad write-up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025

Maybe we can get us another write-up out of this.

From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes

She does the write-ups on Google Docs, and includes what she paid for items.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026

Now she gets glowing write-ups in right-wing media about her conversion to Christianity.

From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2025

The company chose to post that review instead of more positive write-ups, like the Evening Standard's, which awarded four stars and said the show proved "the formula can indeed translate across the pond".

From BBC ● May 22, 2024

More to the point, the examples of these discrepancies seemed to stem largely from other people’s write-ups of the story, not Daniels’ own.

From Slate ● May 9, 2024

We took portraits and did brief write-ups for everyone—little introductions with a few details about our lives and interests.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana


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