write back

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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When Ritts started with Maslansky at Visages, his fee was in the range of $750 a day, the Los Angeles Times wrote back then. — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026 Data is pulled together only when needed and written back to the source, reducing any need to move data or create new structures while reducing the attack surface for bad actors. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Abraham sent two more demand letters before the university wrote back defending its position. — Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 22 Sep. 2026 At least three of the four states' top election officials wrote back to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, raising questions about the accuracy of the numbers and demanding answers on how DHS did the analysis. — Miles Parks, NPR, 31 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for write back

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“Write back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/write%20back. Accessed 2 Nov. 2026.

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