writs

noun

plural of writ
1
as in warrants

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as in documents

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  1. warrants
  2. documents
  3. summonses
  4. instruments
  5. subpoenas
  6. papers
  7. forms
Noun
  • No public warrants have yet been issued during the current war, which began in April 2023.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 9 July 2026
  • Provide interpretability tools or model documentation sufficient for a nontechnical reviewer to identify when an output warrants challenge.
    — Tiffany Archer, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of warrants
Noun
  • The documents say the company plans to build seven pump stations, three of them located on federal land managed by the agency.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • The suit, filed in Illinois’ federal district court in May, alleges that Thomas appropriated Karant’s images without attribution or consent, according to court documents obtained by Hyperallergic.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 9 July 2026
Definition of documents
Noun
  • Out of that number, 41 received criminal court summonses and were let go, while 15 were criminally charged and sent to court.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026
  • Offenses like blowing red lights or running stop signs are currently handled via civil summonses.
    — Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 25 June 2026
Definition of summonses
Noun
  • At least within the precision limits of the Perseverance’s instruments, the material roughly matches terrestrial kerogen.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 4 July 2026
  • Making this cosmic fireworks display not only visual, but auditory, optical data from three of the images was matched with the sounds of different instruments in a process called sonification.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 4 July 2026
Definition of instruments
Noun
  • In that case, the city issued 22 subpoenas to financial and social media companies seeking information regarding the two instructors and their associates, according to court documents.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • Federal agents have sent administrative subpoenas to email and social media platforms to find out the identities of people who have posted about ICE anonymously.
    — Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 1 July 2026
Definition of subpoenas
Noun
  • Remarkably, in 2019, Correia beat out a recall vote from the City Council by utilizing a section of the City Charter allowing the subject of a recall to file nomination papers for the next election and run to succeed themselves.
    — Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 6 July 2026
  • Mateo Rosiles is the Texas Connect reporter for USA TODAY and its regional papers in Texas.
    — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of papers
Noun
  • Thirty-four years of coaching and two forms of cancer will do that to you.
    — Jack Leo, AJC.com, 9 July 2026
  • Dworak’s research finds that American adults are improving in certain forms of spatial reasoning.
    — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
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