as in paper
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or dialectal wrote
1
as in printed
to compose and set down on paper the words of
a staunch supporter of the old school, he prefers to write all of his letters by hand
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2
as in communicated
to engage in an exchange of written messages
promise you'll write while you're away
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Recent Examples of written
Pete Hammond, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2025
Keep written records, preserve emails and don’t hesitate to speak with an employment lawyer before signing any severance or waiver agreement.
—Jc Serrano, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Dana Taylor, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
Joy Buolamwini, a computer scientist at MIT Media Lab, has written extensively on the dangers of inaccurate and racially biased facial recognition systems.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
Hamnet is a historical drama co-written, co-edited and directed by Zhao, based on Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2025
Keep written records, preserve emails and don’t hesitate to speak with an employment lawyer before signing any severance or waiver agreement.
—Jc Serrano, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
There was a research group at the University of Wisconsin that recently released a report that was written about by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that tried to quantify the economic impact in the Madison area of the team not playing well.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
Joy Buolamwini, a computer scientist at MIT Media Lab, has written extensively on the dangers of inaccurate and racially biased facial recognition systems.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for written
Adjective
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The company’s founders initially hoped to build an e-paper laptop, the Modos Paper Laptop, which was announced in January of 2022.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
8 Sep. 2025
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Staples, clips and other non-paper materials must be removed.—
Shirley MacFarland,
cleveland,
26 Aug. 2022
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Tea towels, napkins, and a table runner are printed with classic holiday motifs, think poinsettias, ribbons, and elegant script, which add subtle seasonal flair to dining tables or kitchen prep areas.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Nov. 2025
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Furthermore, other types of vascularized tissue, including liver tissue, have been successfully 3D printed in general.—
Jessica Rendall,
Space.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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But this search for ideas and solutions will only work if it can be simply communicated to the players.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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But for someone who rose to global fame on the cutting edge of culture, studying the musical notation of a century-old opera communicated a pointed message.—
Dan Rys,
Billboard,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Not in any explicit way—my father wasn’t the cranky, alcoholic ex-minor league baseball player who drove around Los Angeles with his pool cleaning equipment in the back of his Cadillac convertible played by Matthau.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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In a robot like Shakey, the map is explicit.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Western red cedar is a softwood composed of long, thin cells with microstructural dimensions up to seven times smaller than those of bamboo.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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Four-time Oscar-nominated Dan Romer composed the score and the film features the first acting role of Femi Koleoso, the drummer and leader of the BRIT Award and Mercury Music Prize winning British jazz group Ezra Collective.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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Morelli also corresponded with the man obtaining the videos for him and asked that the torture of the animals be prolonged in subsequent videos, according to a copy of the indictment filed in the case and obtained by PEOPLE.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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For this study, researchers analyzed data from 770 young, healthy adults to examine how certain aspects of their health and performance corresponded to different attributes of their sleep.—
Emma Loewe,
Outside,
15 Oct. 2025
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According to the explanation on the museum’s website, the use of poppies has its origins in a poem that was penned by a Canadian physician who had served as a field surgeon in Belgium during the Great War.—
Emily Curiel,
Kansas City Star,
12 Nov. 2025
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Matthew Orton penned the script for the feature take and will executive produce the project.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
11 Nov. 2025
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Glenn co-authored a large observational study on the effects of the portfolio diet, which published in 2023.—
Renée Onque,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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Assemblymember Marc Berman, D-Menlo Park, authored the 2021 law to make California a vote-by-mail state.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Written.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/written. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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