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writ

noun

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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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Noun

Jail records show the felony arrest warrant obtained by the Marysville Police Department remains in effect.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
About 90% of the investor base of the company, including Larry Ellison, the Oracle billionaire and father of Skydance CEO David Ellison, as well as RedBird Capital, Middle East sovereign wealth funds and other backers, did not receive the warrants.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of warrant

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In recent years, business has also benefited from factors outside the company’s control, like a country music resurgence boosting the sale of acoustic guitars and Taylor Swift inspiring more young women to take up the instrument.

— Phil Wahba, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
And Rodrigues now studies exoplanets, making these instruments an important part of his life and his work.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2026

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Lavie used dating apps to steal from wealthy older men and younger women in Westlake Village, West Hollywood, Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, prosecutors said in charging documents.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Police found numerous weapons and anti-government materials in the defendants’ vehicle and Huntsville apartment, according to court documents.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 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

Noun

The artwork has been hand-folded to create two feather-like forms, inspired by the watermark found on Smythson’s featherweight paper.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
The authors of this latest paper sought to capture the venom-pumping kinematics of honey bee stingers in order to identify the underlying biomechanics.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 13 Oct. 2026

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The only way to make the bad guys sweat is to hand them a subpoena — or, at the least, to depict them unflatteringly on television.

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
The labor department’s inspector general, Anthony D’Esposito, said during the briefing that his office has already issued subpoenas to the schools under scrutiny.

— Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of subpoena

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In a filing before the judge issued her order, the Department of Homeland Security stated that the ads would not continue past Sunday.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026
In its latest court filing, AFA acknowledged that Spirit agreed that employees’ identification numbers won’t be part of what’s sold, for example, because they’ll be replaced by randomized identifiers.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026

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