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Recent Examples of writ
The Sun was the first to report that guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland issued Sting, 73, with a High Court writ.
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Marina Watts, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The other appearance is in Article I, which grants Congress alone the power to suspend the writ of habeas corpus—the very mechanism that Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem have claimed grants the Administration power to detain and disappear people from this country.
—Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2025
The judge in the writ of mandate case acknowledged this, as has Caltrans’ parent agency, CalSTA.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Even just drugs and alcohol kind of writ large, but sleeping pills specifically.
—Taylor Wilson, USA Today, 25 July 2025
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Marina Watts, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The other appearance is in Article I, which grants Congress alone the power to suspend the writ of habeas corpus—the very mechanism that Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem have claimed grants the Administration power to detain and disappear people from this country.
—Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2025
The judge in the writ of mandate case acknowledged this, as has Caltrans’ parent agency, CalSTA.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Even just drugs and alcohol kind of writ large, but sleeping pills specifically.
—Taylor Wilson, USA Today, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for writ
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Brown was served with an arrest warrant for murder after being discharged from the hospital following treatment for non-life-threatening injuries sustained at the time of the incident.—
Jenna Sundel
Andrew Stanton
Jason Lemon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Typically, a warrant is directed at a person or a group suspected of having committed a specific crime.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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He's charged in Pennsylvania with forgery, carrying a firearm without a license, tampering with records or identification, possessing instruments of a crime and false identification to law enforcement.—
Ahmad Hemingway,
ABC News,
10 Sep. 2025
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The next leap is letting the same instrument sit beside a user's debit balance and rewards points inside a single mobile wallet.—
Jamie Elkaleh,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Court summonses are always delivered by mail, not over the phone.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Garcia was issued a criminal complaint summons along with several related motor vehicle summonses.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
7 Aug. 2025
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So far, the committee has issued 10 subpoenas and released a slew of documents from Epstein’s estate and over 30,000 pages from the Department of Justice.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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His criminal history included three felony convictions, according to a USA TODAY review of court documents.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has stood by the paper’s CEO, despite outcry and leaks from staff over a decades-old ongoing investigation in the UK.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The pen was on paper less than 24 hours after the Eagles’ Week 1 win.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The committee’s subpoena to Epstein’s estate had demanded a wide range of records, including the birthday book, Epstein’s will, his 2008 nonprosecution agreement with federal prosecutors in Florida, and financial documents.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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The note and birthday book were included in a tranche of files Epstein’s estate turned over to the House Oversight Committee on Monday in response to a subpoena.—
Emily Goodin,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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Dash also owes nearly $650,000 in domestic support obligations, including $160,000 owed to his ex-wife Rachel Roy, the fashion designer mother of his two daughters, and another $207,600 owed to Cindy Morales, the mother of one of his sons, according to the filing.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
6 Sep. 2025
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Tesla’s board proposed a compensation package for CEO Elon Musk that would catapult the tech entrepreneur’s wealth above $1 trillion if the company fulfills a set of rigorous benchmarks over the next decade, according to a securities filing on Friday.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Writ.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writ. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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