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Recent Examples of Synonyms for writs
Noun
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Officers arrived, confirmed there were active warrants for Adair, and attempted to book him into the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025 -
Throughout that spring, American and European officials had been waging a pressure campaign to dissuade Khan from pursuing the Israeli warrants.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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According to court documents, Tole told authorities that Sanchez — who was running wind sprints in the alleyway — climbed into the cab of his truck, smelled of alcohol, and was slurring his speech.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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Nitzan Nuriel, former director of the Counter-Terrorism Bureau at the Prime Minister’s Office (2007–2012), told Fox News Digital that Israel had captured large volumes of Hamas data, including gigabytes of clips, pictures and documents, which helped analysts piece together critical intelligence.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
7 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
Noun
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The precious metal has recently taken a leg higher after the Fed cut interest rates in September, making debt instruments like bonds less attractive to investors.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
7 Oct. 2025
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For Hendrix, the key to finally discovering exoplanets was in developing instruments that were sensitive enough to detect them.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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On Thursday, the Herald/Times submitted a records request to the State Attorney’s Office for any subpoenas that were served related to Hope Florida.—
Lawrence Mower,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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The letter, a response to subpoenas from the House Judiciary Committee, explains in no uncertain terms that the company is taking a more relaxed approach to moderating political content on YouTube.—
Jon Brodkin,
ArsTechnica,
23 Sep. 2025
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Lately, some intriguing research papers have tackled this problem — a reminder that there may still be some fundamental breakthroughs that could upend the industry.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Many of these papers included advertisements and charged a subscription fee.—
Joshua Finnell,
JSTOR Daily,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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While the circus arts and dance numbers are dazzling, the challenge was to use the two forms of movement in a way that would serve the narrative of the story.—
Kirby Adams,
Louisville Courier Journal,
7 Oct. 2025
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Black Ops 7 will also bring updates to Call of Duty’s most popular offering, the free-to-play battle royale Warzone, in the forms of an all-new map called Haven’s Hollow.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Writs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writs. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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