writing up

present participle of write up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for writing up
Verb
  • Noah Kahan is speaking out about a disgusting habit picked up by some music fans.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • Teenagers and young adults in the San Jose area are speaking out against the popular microtrend fashion culture for the environmental repercussions and expense of keeping up with it all.
    Quinn Rickett, Mercury News, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • This disconnect stems from a lack of psychological safety, where leaders fear speaking up or challenging ideas.
    Tracy Lawrence, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • The affiliation between Aquarius and the Sklarian Raiders is immense because both will never stop speaking up to assert messages that upend the status quo.
    Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Tech giants have argued that AI will benefit society by creating new jobs and making people more productive, handling digital drudgery like sifting through emails, writing code, editing photos and catching up on the news.
    Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 28 June 2026
  • The veteran filmmaker won an Oscar for writing The Producers.
    Rance Collins, Entertainment Weekly, 28 June 2026
Verb
  • Scientists think this macromolecular (meaning large) complex carbon, could hold evidence that ancient microbial life once existed in the same sedimentary material, according to one new paper describing these observations.
    Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 24 June 2026
  • Crane offered a similar read, describing the collection as both new and familiar — the kind of pieces that could believably have been thrifted from a Venice Beach shop, even as fabrications like Terry and slub cotton give them a softer, more contemporary hand.
    Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • From there on the two teams looked to find ways to generate offense but the bats were not sounding off.
    Mukala Kabongo, Boston Herald, 14 June 2026
  • The university, its athletic department and anyone associated with it haven't done the Red Raiders and their quarterback any favors, either, with people like head coach Joey Maguire and billionaire booster Cody Campbell sounding off on the issue and only angering fans further.
    Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • Paine capitalized on the momentum by publishing a dialogue between Montgomery’s ghost and an American in February, debating independence.
    Sarah M.S. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
  • Grants could be canceled due to political whims, and new layers of bureaucracy would inhibit basic scientific activities like publishing papers and attending conferences.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • Broadsides – sheets of paper containing lyrics to be sung to familiar, traditional melodies – were a common medium for disseminating songs.
    Ted Olson, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
  • Everyone who chooses to has a platform for disseminating and consuming information about science, whether true or not.
    Lisa Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
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“Writing up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writing%20up. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.

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