How to Use writ large in a Sentence
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These factors may be driving the shift in southern manners writ large.
—Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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