writ

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Recent Examples of writ The demonstrations would continue nearly nonstop for several days across the Twin Cities, with thousands turning out to protest Floyd’s murder and police brutality writ large. Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 25 May 2025 Polls consistently show that an overwhelming majority of Americans want cleaner energy, and climate action writ large. Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025 The Senate included an amendment that would not only slash Medicaid writ large – as House Republicans wanted – but would also reduce the federal share of Medicaid spending for people enrolled through state-level expansions of the Affordable Care Act. Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 1 July 2025 Orosco, a Tottenham Hotspur FC supporter since 2012, said his commitment to waking up at 4 a.m. to catch games while diving into the English pub culture around L.A. taught him invaluable lessons about sports culture writ large. Josh Gross, Oc Register, 15 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for writ
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Noun
  • The operation appears to directly violate a court injunction issued in April to require warrants by Border Patrol, according to two law professors.
    Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 19 July 2025
  • The Department of Homeland Security said Immigration Customs Enforcement and US Customs and Border Protection officers were executing warrants at the marijuana grow sites and were met with hundreds of protesters.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 19 July 2025
Noun
  • Some instruments were not in their standard positions, and these were not buttons that could be jostled out of place by an explosion: They were made to be handled by human fingers, which is apparently what happened after the blast.
    Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2025
  • So Goodloe plugged in a Gibson 335, an instrument associated with Chuck Berry.
    Tom Roland, Billboard, 16 July 2025
Noun
  • Four received summonses to appear in court at a later date and three were criminally charged, an NYPD spokesman said.
    Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 10 June 2025
  • Of those taken into custody, 11 were given summonses, cops said.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • The announcement came after Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino, who had previously peddled unfounded Epstein conspiracy theories, vowed to release any documents still under seal to the public.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 15 July 2025
  • In unsealed documents from the Epstein Files in January 2025, Prince Andrew was alleged to have groped a woman's breast, according to a woman’s 2016 deposition.
    Alex Apatoff, People.com, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • While traditional arrest warrants require an ascertainment that there is evidence a crime may have been committed, Peterson's capias warrant stems from his failure to appear in court over the issues.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
  • She was arrested and jailed on a civil order called a capias for repeatedly refusing Moukawsher’s orders requiring her to cooperate with a trustee appointed to close her law practice and prohibiting her from withdrawing money from a client account.
    Hartford Courant, Hartford Courant, 6 June 2022
Noun
  • Cover the inside of two 8-inch round cake pans with butter, line the bottom of each with parchment paper, then add another layer of butter and flour to help prevent sticking. Make the batter.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 July 2025
  • The Paper Plane mixes bourbon and Amaro Nonino, garnished with an adorable miniature paper airplane on the coupe rim.
    David Hochman, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
Noun
  • The subpoenas, reviewed by attorneys and shared with the Associated Press, are signed by officers from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' anti-fraud unit but not by a judge.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
  • House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan issued a subpoena to Harvard last month demanding the documents.
    Andrew Torgan, CNN Money, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • The tax agency said that Direct File users reported a high degree of satisfaction and quick answers to their filing questions.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • The filing period for nonpartisan judicial candidates to file petitions for ballot access without paying the filing fee will be from noon Sept. 11 until noon Sept. 18, according to the secretary of state's office.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 14 July 2025

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“Writ.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writ. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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