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writ

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as in warrant

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as in instrument

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Recent Examples of writ History is writ so large and Larry writes so small that the juxtaposition tickled him. — Peter White, Deadline, 26 June 2026 Cry Baby, essentially a rock album, is instead a reflection and rebuttal to American instability writ large. — Mankaprr Conteh, Pitchfork, 8 June 2026 If departments decline to complete those evaluations then that opens the door for the union to file a writ in superior court over the return-to-office order, Gauger said. — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2026 This Gen4 version offers more computing and faster loading compared to its predecessor by 55%, and boats read and writ speeds of up to 7450 and 6900MB per second, respectively. — George Yang, PC Magazine, 26 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for writ

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At least two of the eight trespassers had active arrest warrants at the time of their breaches.

— Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026
Evans has not been charged in Harper’s killing, but police secured an arrest warrant to question him last year.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of warrant

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When a buyback operation retires $4 billion of 30-year bonds, that borrowing need grows by $4 billion, and with coupon auction sizes frozen, the marginal instrument is the bill.

— James Broughel, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
That’s exactly what happened with money market funds, another savings instrument that the banks fought using questionable arguments, only to be proven wrong.

— Omid Malekan, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026

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Related Articles Gothamist reviewed evidence of at least 65 summonses to the DLCA.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
This is the same genius who just a few months ago gave all these scooter riders the freedom to go down one-way streets the wrong way, not having to stop for red lights or stop signs, by forbidding police from writing criminal summonses to them.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026

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Earlier this year, tech journalism site 404 Media reported on internal documents that showed Bus Patrol allegedly working on a plan to turn its thousands of cameras into an Automatic License Plate Reader network for law enforcement.

— Tory Wegerski, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
That is on the way, Mayor Quinton Lucas told me Wednesday, with TIF filings scheduled for this week and bond documents to follow.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026

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While traditional arrest warrants require an ascertainment that there is evidence a crime may have been committed, Peterson's capias warrant stems from his failure to appear in court over the issues.

— Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
She was arrested and jailed on a civil order called a capias for repeatedly refusing Moukawsher’s orders requiring her to cooperate with a trustee appointed to close her law practice and prohibiting her from withdrawing money from a client account.

— Hartford Courant, Hartford Courant, 6 June 2022

Definition of capias

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Even the waste paper basket comes in the blue Portuguese tile design used throughout the property, adding color and warmth to the white marble space.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026
In the 1200s, Italian papermakers developed a technology to add subtle, distinctive markings to the paper that came from their individual mills.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of paper

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The businesses that thrive will be those that treat every transcript as a possible legal record from day one, not after a subpoena arrives.

— Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
The ruling upheld the January district court decision that first quashed the subpoenas.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of subpoena

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Male sergeants who applied after Kennon were approved and were not required to wait a year between courses, according to the filing.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2026
Kasten was listed as CEO of Dodger Tickets LLC on an April 2025 business filing with California’s Secretary of State.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026

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