variants
also writ
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
Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
Exceptions exist for family members of school employees, and parents can opt their children out with written consent.
—Ruby Grisin, Louisville Courier Journal, 31 July 2025
Greg Evans, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Ohio law does not directly address the issue of detaining people with immigration violations, but state law does not prohibit that detention, either, Yost wrote.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Ned asks his soon-to-be superstar journalists, who previously relied on clickbait stories and pre-written articles licensed from the Associated Press.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
Exceptions exist for family members of school employees, and parents can opt their children out with written consent.
—Ruby Grisin, Louisville Courier Journal, 31 July 2025
Adjective
Townshend wrote Quadrophenia in 1973.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Ohio law does not directly address the issue of detaining people with immigration violations, but state law does not prohibit that detention, either, Yost wrote.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for written
Verb
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Campau printed the inserts on a special shimmery, purple, holographic paper with mini bios of each girl, complete with quotes and their star signs.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
2 Sep. 2025
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The new closures were decided upon after the district printed and recently delivered annual school calendars to students and their families, officials said.—
Katie Nixon,
Nashville Tennessean,
2 Sep. 2025
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Hierarchy With a hierarchical workplace culture, roles, responsibilities and job descriptions are clearly communicated.—
Julia Sullivan,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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According to Vasquez, their guests were understanding of the decision because the break was communicated in the itinerary from the start.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Staples, clips and other non-paper materials must be removed.—
Shirley MacFarland,
cleveland,
26 Aug. 2022
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In the financial world, assets can be divided into two types: paper assets, and non-paper assets.—
The Salt Lake Tribune,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
24 Aug. 2022
Verb
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What To Know The Chinese military parade featured a formation composed of three air defense missile systems—the HQ-11, the HQ-20 and the HQ-22A—and three anti-ballistic missile systems—the HQ-9C, the HQ-19 and the HQ-29—the state-run Global Times reported.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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The initiative includes community advisory councils composed of teens and women, alongside mental health research experts and clinical psychologists, who provide guidance grounded in science and lived experience.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Such incidents, in the past, would have had her run home, and write about them furiously in her journal, worried that forgetting them would erase the blessings corresponded to it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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Surprisingly, that surge has corresponded with the team deciding to part ways with franchise slugger Rafael Devers, and several players have stepped up to fill his shoes.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Carrie Severino, president of the conservative advocacy group Judicial Crisis Network, previously told the Washington Examiner that the justices have made recent orders more explicit and clear as lower court judges have ignored the Supreme Court’s previous orders on its emergency docket.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
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Ben Hania counters that silence, not with an explicit argument but with an experience, a movie forged in the universal and very specific language of the single-location thriller.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Rabbit Hole will be penned by Dune scribe Jon Spaihts; plot details are unknown at this time.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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On Monday, nine former directors of the CDC, who served under both Republican and Democratic Administrations, penned an op-ed in the New York Times decrying Kennedy’s public health moves.—
Amy Feldman,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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This article was co-authored with Forbes Council member Michelle Wicmandy.—
Mark Francis,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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China’s defense spending has increased 13-fold in the past 30 years, according to the CSIS report, authored by Matthew Funaiole and Brian Hart, fellows in the CSIS China Power Project.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Written.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/written. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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