writ

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as in warrant

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Recent Examples on the Web But after a rocky April and May for the club writ large, another round of postseason baseball is now on the immediate horizon. Michael Shapiro, Chron, 18 Sep. 2024 Lippman’s novel also alludes to the predation inherent in reporting writ large and to crime reporting in particular—a job that requires you to respect absolutely no one’s privacy and to blindside people who don’t want to talk. Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 26 July 2024 The -- Bill, the delegates are not the American public writ large. ABC News, 30 June 2024 That emotional mystery is metonymic for the project of the album writ large. Juan Velasquez, Them, 23 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for writ 

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“Writ.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writ. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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