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Recent Examples of writ
That savagery left its mark in him, eroding his faith in poetry and speech writ large.
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Huda Fakhreddine
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
The Sun was the first to report that guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland issued Sting, 73, with a High Court writ.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The other appearance is in Article I, which grants Congress alone the power to suspend the writ of habeas corpus—the very mechanism that Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem have claimed grants the Administration power to detain and disappear people from this country.
—Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2025
The judge in the writ of mandate case acknowledged this, as has Caltrans’ parent agency, CalSTA.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Huda Fakhreddine
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
The Sun was the first to report that guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland issued Sting, 73, with a High Court writ.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The other appearance is in Article I, which grants Congress alone the power to suspend the writ of habeas corpus—the very mechanism that Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem have claimed grants the Administration power to detain and disappear people from this country.
—Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2025
The judge in the writ of mandate case acknowledged this, as has Caltrans’ parent agency, CalSTA.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for writ
Noun
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Homeland Security officials are facing challenges in federal court in Chicago to making arrests without a warrant.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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The warrant will vest in tranches tied to deployment milestones and AMD’s share price.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Picture a night in Ibiza where melodies provide the ecstasy and the instrument is Twigs’ multifaceted voice, defying register in shifting from a whispery soprano to guttural pulses in the most surprising of ways.—
Shirley Halperin,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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In the Montes de María, where additional Indigenous groups lived, small statuettes of human figures with instruments resembling gaitas (Indigenous flutes) - also known as chuanas - have been found.—
Karla Gachet,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Court summonses are always delivered by mail, not over the phone.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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The filings also contain summonses: For Trump, the Board of Governors at the Fed, Chairman Powell, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and the Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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However, along with the official documents, Israel uncovered images of the activist with Birawi.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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The following day, Kidman filed for divorce from her husband of 19 years, according to court documents.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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Under its new editor, the paper has leaned into unsigned editorials with a centrist bent, publishing nearly one editorial board piece every day.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Then came the paper booties to cover our feet.—
Ron Arias,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The subpoena was withdrawn the same month.—
Sarah Jones,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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Records show an investigator for the District Attorney's Office requested a subpoena in for financial records from Brewery Credit Union, which was listed as Cogg-Jones' campaign's financial institution in her reports.—
Vanessa Swales,
jsonline.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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The number of farm operations filing for bankruptcy remains at historically low levels but has jumped sharply this year as a crisis in the agricultural economy drags on.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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Polk was named as a defendant in NASCAR’s countersuit and was referenced in Friday night’s filing.—
Jordan Bianchi,
New York Times,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Writ.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writ. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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