writs

Definition of writsnext
plural of writ

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Noun
  • Nearly 50 people were detained during the incident, six of whom were arrested for various outstanding warrants, deputies said.
    Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • After investigators conducted subsequent interviews and obtained additional evidence, arrest warrants were obtained.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Some early testers have used Skills to quickly enter prompts to calculate protein macros in a recipe, generate side-by-side comparisons across multiple tabs while shopping, and summarize lengthy documents, Google adds.
    Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Court documents reveal chilling details of a years-long investigation.
    Juli McDonald, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The company similarly ignored 19 summonses in February of this year.
    Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Goodman, the deputy commissioner, said the New York Department of Sanitation has issued about 6,000 summonses so far this year for dirty sidewalks, though those violations cover all types of litter.
    Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Grace's spaceship can be spun like a centrifuge to create artificial gravity so that scientific instruments will work properly.
    Tara Haelle, NPR, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Indeed, during their flyby, the Artemis 2 astronauts saw parts of the far side never before seen with human eyes, which are incredibly capable instruments.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • After the truck discovery, a grand jury authorized more than 300 subpoenas and search warrants, allowing the task force to dig in to Heuermann’s life.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The committee previously held Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt for refusing to comply with subpoenas related to the same Epstein investigation.
    Stephen Groves, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Avoid using countertops as drop zones for papers, electronics, or cleaning supplies to maintain order.
    Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Some papers include detailed supplemental information about how human mathematicians interacted with LLMs, including transcripts of conversations.
    Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • All those metrics are quickly met in the Ultra Fit class, but vigorous activity comes in many forms, each pushing the body to its limit in a short span of time.
    Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Bloom has been a major beneficiary of the AI boom as data center developers look for alternative forms of energy to meet surging demand.
    Jordan Novet, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026
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“Writs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writs. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.

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