write

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as in to communicate
to engage in an exchange of written messages promise you'll write while you're away

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Recent Examples of write Frantz writes that Homestead was a perfect counter to the Pinkertons’ self-mythologizing. Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 15 June 2025 Interestingly, more people bet on the first half’s total points—about 2.3 million tickets were written—but the average amount bet was about half that of first- and third-quarter point bets. Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 15 June 2025 Daniel has written about hockey for Sportsnet, The Hockey News, Yahoo Canada Sports and the Saskatoon StarPhoenix. Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 15 June 2025 Editor's Note: This recipe was developed by Giovanna Vazquez; the headnote was written by Kimberly Holland. Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 15 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for write
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Verb
  • More than 200 musicians, including Billie Eilish and J Balvin, penned an April letter speaking out against the use of AI, such as voice cloning, in the music industry.
    Solcyré Burga, Time, 27 June 2025
  • The script was penned by Park, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar and Jahye Lee.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • Erdoğan and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan reportedly communicated Trump's offer to Pezeshkian and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
    Danielle Wallace , Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2025
  • And please communicate to UFC that location choice is tres cool.
    Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 21 June 2025
Verb
  • The court ruled 6-3, with Chief Justice John Roberts authoring the opinion.
    Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 18 June 2025
  • Germany, like the United States, has adopted a definition of antisemitism authored in 2004 by American lawyer Kenneth Stern and espoused in 2016 by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.
    Elisabeth Weber, The Conversation, 17 June 2025
Verb
  • California State University redacted the identities of those five witnesses that corresponded with Heaphy and May during the investigation in the public records provided to Fox News Digital.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2025
  • These bags are super easy to use: Just toss in your bottles, add the water and seal it up, and microwave for the length of time that corresponds with your microwave’s power.
    Olivia Campbell, Parents, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • Sapphire is a variety of the mineral corundum, which is composed almost entirely of aluminum oxide.
    David Bressan, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • Retired educators: The Retired Educators of Osceola County is composed of people who are retired from the field of education from anywhere in the country.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • Troops have been posted outside federal buildings in an increasingly quiet downtown Civic Center — a few square blocks within the 500-square-mile city.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
  • The designer later shared the meaningful reason for posting the images with her beloved dad.
    Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 24 June 2025

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“Write.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/write. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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