write into
phrasal verb
wrote into; written into; writing into; writes into
: to add (something new) to a contract, law, etc.
A bonus was written into the contract.
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Board member Annette Ross said that parents were most upset about combining reading and writing into one class, a change from the school’s practice for the last 15 years.
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Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
When creating the bipartisan agencies, Congress wrote into law that their members can only be fired for cause, like neglect of duty, NPR's Andrea Hsu says.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 23 May 2025
When Duncan first read the script for Sirens—a limited series about an assistant, her sister, and a powerful billionaire couple that rule a moneyed summer enclave—Lilly Pulitzer was written into it.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 23 May 2025
And some of those efforts are written into local law, or have even more legal forces.
—Richard McGahey, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
When creating the bipartisan agencies, Congress wrote into law that their members can only be fired for cause, like neglect of duty, NPR's Andrea Hsu says.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 23 May 2025
When Duncan first read the script for Sirens—a limited series about an assistant, her sister, and a powerful billionaire couple that rule a moneyed summer enclave—Lilly Pulitzer was written into it.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 23 May 2025
And some of those efforts are written into local law, or have even more legal forces.
—Richard McGahey, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Write into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/write%20into. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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