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written up

verb

past participle of write up
as in written

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for written up
  1. written
  2. described
  3. published
  4. spoken up
  5. spoken out
  6. disseminated
  7. broadcast
Verb
  • Capricorn December 22 – January 19 A financial conversation may reveal more than what’s written on the bill.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The student first wrote to the nursing board, asking if the school was authorized to offer an associate degree program.
    — Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of written
Verb
  • The modern American Dream is best described as a private bunker where the outside world arrives entirely in a cardboard box or a fiber-optic cable.
    — John Mac Ghlionn, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Strahan described the chaos in New York City amid the rescue efforts and the accompanying bomb threats and noted that the Giants could still see smoke from the twin towers from the team’s practice fields.
    — Michael Silver, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of described
Verb
  • The findings were published in the Journal of Applied Physics on September 8.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The same poll found belief that data centers raise electricity bills jumped from 43% in January to nearly 60% by July—six months before Apollo or Morgan Stanley published a word of this research.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of published
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  • He’s even spoken up in support of the author, who has been involved in an ongoing controversy over her comments on transgender issues.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Even when Chappell has not spoken up about various media frenzies, her fans may be the ones speaking on her behalf.
    — Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of spoken up
Verb
  • Traditional Republicans who have supported, or at least gone along with, the party’s attacks on Muslims and immigrants and its rejection of democratic norms have spoken out against cracking the door open for anti-Semites.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026
  • While Gaetz and Pizzo have fought for the family’s reunification, some of Zuraff’s family members have spoken out and said lawmakers are making assumptions about the case without knowing the full circumstances.
    — Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of spoken out
Verb
  • New technologies are being disseminated ever more quickly, and the machinery of politics and law delivers accountability at best intermittently, and then only at a painstaking crawl.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The Republican nominee’s comments were first reported by Bangor Daily News and later disseminated by the Maine Democratic Party.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of disseminated
Verb
  • The rep continued that future shows — and its spin-off, RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Vs The World — will instead be broadcast on Wow Presents Plus, a platform owned by Drag Race UK production company World of Wonder.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Nevertheless, the prospect of a club owned by two actors from the United States and Canada taking on West Ham has proved sufficiently enticing to be broadcast live on both sides of the Atlantic.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of broadcast
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“Written up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/written%20up. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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