1
: a written account
especially
: a flattering article
2
: a deliberate increase in the book value of an asset (as to reflect the effect of inflation)
wrote up; written up; writing up; writes up
1
: to make a write-up of
2
: to report (a person) especially for some violation of law or rules
Examples of write-up in a Sentence
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Ariel Gilreath, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
Under the agreement, hotels agreed to remove any disciplinary write-ups workers received in connection to their strike actions and to remedy related charges of unfair labor practices filed by the union with the National Labor Relations Board.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
And now the critic reviews for Marvel and Sony’s Madame Web have been revealed, below, and the write-ups are pretty devastating for the Spider-Man spin-off.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2024
Almost every write-up on Palworld leads with its mind-boggling sales data: After launching in early access last Friday, the game sold a million copies in its first eight hours, then crossed the 7 million threshold in five days.
—Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
About a quarter of the CEOs expected the deployment of generative AI in their own businesses would lead to job cuts of at least 5% of staff this year, the FT reported in its write-up of the same survey.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2024
This write-up covers episode eight, the season finale, which was released on October 6.
—Andrew Cunningham & Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 6 Oct. 2023
An Atlantic Council write-up noted that Iran uses mines to deter smuggling and terrorist activity in the border provinces.
—Khalil Sahragard, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2023
Will Please Don’t Destroy ever get a write-up without a nepo baby joke?
—James Grebey, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2023
Kimberly Cataudella Tutuska, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
His research showed that when students committed minor infractions, those who were suspended experienced significant negative academic consequences, compared with students who were just written up for the same kind of offense.
—Meredith Kolodner, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
Bay Area residents Susan Chew and Rose Fua had never heard of the restaurant before it was written up in the San Francisco Chronicle last month, despite the first-generation Chew’s constant search for Chinese food while attending UC Davis’ veterinary school in the 1980s.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2024
To be eligible, communities must have a safety plan that meets all the transportation department’s standards and write up to 12 pages making a compelling case for how the award would fix their safety problems.
—USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
Focus on the narrative: With each job listed in a resume, Foss writes up a quick sentence or two that describes what the applicant was hired to do and the overarching focus of that job.
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2024
Another young woman had posted a story about Sings In The Timber behaving inappropriately, and the allegations were written up in a couple of Native publications.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
Others claim they were written up because of their union sympathies.
—Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
Keneally and other lawmakers traveled the country holding hearings, listening to testimony from grieving parents and writing up their findings in a report released that December.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Jan. 2024
Noun
During the 2022-23 school year, Johnsburg Elementary had 687 referrals, or disciplinary write-ups, involving a student misbehaving, up from 222 referrals in 2021-22 and 276 referrals in 2018-19.
—Ariel Gilreath, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
Under the agreement, hotels agreed to remove any disciplinary write-ups workers received in connection to their strike actions and to remedy related charges of unfair labor practices filed by the union with the National Labor Relations Board.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
And now the critic reviews for Marvel and Sony’s Madame Web have been revealed, below, and the write-ups are pretty devastating for the Spider-Man spin-off.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2024
Almost every write-up on Palworld leads with its mind-boggling sales data: After launching in early access last Friday, the game sold a million copies in its first eight hours, then crossed the 7 million threshold in five days.
—Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
About a quarter of the CEOs expected the deployment of generative AI in their own businesses would lead to job cuts of at least 5% of staff this year, the FT reported in its write-up of the same survey.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2024
This write-up covers episode eight, the season finale, which was released on October 6.
—Andrew Cunningham & Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 6 Oct. 2023
An Atlantic Council write-up noted that Iran uses mines to deter smuggling and terrorist activity in the border provinces.
—Khalil Sahragard, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2023
Will Please Don’t Destroy ever get a write-up without a nepo baby joke?
—James Grebey, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2023
Verb
Costco sweeps in Drew Jackson’s taste test Drew Jackson, The News & Observer’s food writer (and judge in many of our previous taste tests), wrote up his own notes about the taste test, detailing the best and worst parts of each selection.
—Kimberly Cataudella Tutuska, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
His research showed that when students committed minor infractions, those who were suspended experienced significant negative academic consequences, compared with students who were just written up for the same kind of offense.
—Meredith Kolodner, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
Bay Area residents Susan Chew and Rose Fua had never heard of the restaurant before it was written up in the San Francisco Chronicle last month, despite the first-generation Chew’s constant search for Chinese food while attending UC Davis’ veterinary school in the 1980s.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2024
To be eligible, communities must have a safety plan that meets all the transportation department’s standards and write up to 12 pages making a compelling case for how the award would fix their safety problems.
—USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
Focus on the narrative: With each job listed in a resume, Foss writes up a quick sentence or two that describes what the applicant was hired to do and the overarching focus of that job.
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2024
Another young woman had posted a story about Sings In The Timber behaving inappropriately, and the allegations were written up in a couple of Native publications.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
Others claim they were written up because of their union sympathies.
—Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
Keneally and other lawmakers traveled the country holding hearings, listening to testimony from grieving parents and writing up their findings in a report released that December.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Jan. 2024
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