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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But as my colleague Nicholas Florko wrote back in March, none of those treatments was requested by health-care providers in Texas—or delivered by the CDC.
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Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2025
Rashad wrote back a few days later, Stovall recalled.
—Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2025
The suit claims that after a university official informed the school's Board of Regents of the discipline imposed on Dawson, Regent Mark Bernstein wrote back to register his disgust with the decision.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 15 July 2025
In the comments, Fox sweetly wrote back to his longtime wife.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 17 June 2025
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Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2025
Rashad wrote back a few days later, Stovall recalled.
—Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2025
The suit claims that after a university official informed the school's Board of Regents of the discipline imposed on Dawson, Regent Mark Bernstein wrote back to register his disgust with the decision.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 15 July 2025
In the comments, Fox sweetly wrote back to his longtime wife.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 17 June 2025
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 10 Sep. 2025.
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