write back
phrasal verb
wrote back; written back; writing back; writes back
: to send someone a letter, email, etc., in response to one that was sent
He wrote back (to me) as soon as he got my card.
I sent him a letter, but he never wrote me back.
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Previously it was announced that 8x Primetime Emmy nominee Lena Dunham was directing and writing back in June 2021.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
So, when her doctor messaged her the next day that her overall tests were fine, Miller wrote back to ask about the elevated carbon dioxide and low anion gap listed in the report.
—Kate Ruder, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 2025
So, when her doctor messaged her the next day that her overall tests were fine, Miller wrote back to ask about the elevated carbon dioxide and low anion gap listed in the report.
—Kate Ruder, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
My own research shows how college students would write to conservative leaders like Ronald Reagan and William F. Buckley in the 1960s and 1970s and these figures would write back.
—Daniel Ruggles, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2025
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
So, when her doctor messaged her the next day that her overall tests were fine, Miller wrote back to ask about the elevated carbon dioxide and low anion gap listed in the report.
—Kate Ruder, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 2025
So, when her doctor messaged her the next day that her overall tests were fine, Miller wrote back to ask about the elevated carbon dioxide and low anion gap listed in the report.
—Kate Ruder, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
My own research shows how college students would write to conservative leaders like Ronald Reagan and William F. Buckley in the 1960s and 1970s and these figures would write back.
—Daniel Ruggles, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2025
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“Write back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/write%20back. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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