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Recent Examples of writ
And yet: The world writ large remains a century away from achieving true gender parity.
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Maggie McGrath, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
The Honduran woman, not named in court documents, filed a petition for writs of habeas corpus, challenging the legality of her and her family’s detention at a Texas facility.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
The result is an offering that bears similarities to YouTube writ large, which democratized and sped up video creation by allowing creators to upload their own content.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2025
And while Wayne does most of the heavy lifting here, as on the album writ large, Birdman does add the perfect complement.
—Pitchfork, 6 June 2025
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Maggie McGrath, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
The Honduran woman, not named in court documents, filed a petition for writs of habeas corpus, challenging the legality of her and her family’s detention at a Texas facility.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
The result is an offering that bears similarities to YouTube writ large, which democratized and sped up video creation by allowing creators to upload their own content.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2025
And while Wayne does most of the heavy lifting here, as on the album writ large, Birdman does add the perfect complement.
—Pitchfork, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for writ
Noun
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The decision to issue the arrest warrants came some six months after the Chief Prosecutor applied for them.—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Task force would go beyond jail enforcement Three kinds of 287(g) agreements allow local law enforcement to partner with ICE: the jail enforcement model, the warrant service officer program and the task force model.—
Ray Stern,
AZCentral.com,
8 July 2025
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The pushback, in turn, has spurred interest in developing local payment systems and other instruments that can facilitate commerce and investment between the nations.—
Bloomberg,
Fortune,
7 July 2025
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The faculty is brimming with principal players from leading orchestras from across the U.S. Yoyo and Jun have been looking forward to working with all the teachers, especially the experts on their instruments.—
Beth Wood,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 July 2025
Noun
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Of those taken into custody, 11 were given summonses, cops said.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
24 June 2025
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A question of intent About 10 months later, troopers returned to Whittier and issued court summonses to Pese, eight other relatives and one man who was not related but came from the same American Samoa village as Pese.—
Mark Thiessen,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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Android tablets are also more appropriate for storing documents, photos, and other files than smart TVs are.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
5 July 2025
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In 1966: President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Freedom of Information Act into law, which allows the American public to request and access federal agency records and documents save for exemptions pertaining to national security and personal privacy.—
DAILY BRIEFING,
AZCentral.com,
4 July 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Chantilly’s beginnings The neighborhood was first conceived on paper in the 1920’s but remained largely undeveloped until after the second World War, according to Charlotte historian, Tom Hanchett.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
14 July 2025
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On paper, Sofia (Mimi Davila), the protagonist of Paula Andrea González-Nasser’s mellow debut The Scout, has an enviable job.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
14 July 2025
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The judge declared the current subpoena invalid but gave Kohberger's lawyers a chance to amend it.—
Michael Ruiz , Kailey Schuyler,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2025
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The subpoenas were granted for a boxing trainer who knew Kohberger as a teenager, a childhood acquaintance of Kohberger's and a third man whose significance was not explained.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
30 June 2025
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The party filing period in Arkansas will be from Nov. 3-11 and the primary election will be March 3 for the 2026 election, according to the secretary of state's office.—
Michael R. Wickline,
Arkansas Online,
1 July 2025
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Leading up to 23andMe’s March bankruptcy filing, subsequent efforts from Wojcicki to acquire the company were unsuccessful.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
1 July 2025
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“Writ.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writ. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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