How to Use writ large in a Sentence

writ large

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  • These factors may be driving the shift in southern manners writ large.
    — Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Now it is writ large on the decision tree of every global leader.
    — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
  • August’s number is likewise not reflective of job growth writ large this year, which is tracking at about 80,000 roles per month.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Pedersen opened a 20-metre gap in about five revolutions of his pedals, freewheeling across the line with the joy writ large across his face.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 7 July 2026
  • Beyond just seeing him as an outsider, the loudest critiques of Cenat’s foray into fashion seem to be wrapped up in a broader disdain for streamer culture writ large.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The conservative justices who dissented made a much bigger argument against mail voting, basically calling into question mail voting writ large.
    — Tonya Mosley, NPR, 8 July 2026
  • Opening this episode with a flashback from three years earlier is a clever reminder to viewers about where this corporate initiative started, and the arc feels uncannily like that of Silicon Valley writ large.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Like the public writ large, the House of Representatives and the Senate are divided so deeply that Americans don’t have confidence in their ability to make hard choices.
    — Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026
  • During their reign in Hollywood’s Golden Age, their lives and cinematic work played out ideals about femininity and its expectations in American culture writ large.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
  • That thinking also mistakenly takes Clancy to be a representative Everywoman, this time standing in for the threatening volatility of liberal women writ large.
    — Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Moreover, Hollywood unions and civic leaders have been desperate to retain productions in Los Angeles after a yearslong departure to other cities and countries and as the industry writ large grapples with AI’s impact on the production process.
    — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
  • For New York Fashion Week, the retailer has planted an enormous Five-Pocket Tote in Rockefeller Center’s Channel Gardens, its dark denim, contrast stitching and top handles writ large against the plaza’s Art Deco backdrop.
    — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019

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