Thesaurus results for WROTE

wrote

verb

past tense of write

as in penned

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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as in corresponded

to engage in an exchange of written messages promise you'll write while you're away

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Recent Examples of wrote The advocates who wrote the policy plan said these efforts should accelerate and expand. —

Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2026 Özel and Kılıçdaroğlu’s factions were due to meet on Sunday to iron out differences, but representatives for Kılıçdaroğlu wrote to Ankara’s police seeking intervention. —

Chad De Guzman, Time, 25 May 2026 In an Instagram Stories post, Kate, 38, shared a photo of the newborn sleeping in a blanket and wrote that her daughter was born on Saturday, May 23. —

Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026 Filipino filmmaker Pedring Lopez, founder of Blackops Studios Asia, directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with his longtime producing and writing collaborator Rex Lopez. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 May 2026 Barker wrote, directed, and edited the film himself. —

Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026 Among them, Urbina wrote, was that a brief attorney-client meeting had been recorded. —

Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 18 May 2026 Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon wrote the screenplay’s treatment. —

Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2026 The film — which Firstman wrote, directed, and stars in — is one of the breakouts of the festival, after premiering in the Un Certain Regard category on May 15. —

Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 May 2026

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The missive, penned in September of that year, was addressed to one of her school friends, Katherine Hanbury.

— Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 24 May 2026
Writer, producer and director Judd Apatow penned an earnest essay about the importance of late-night television — and safeguarding it in the American consciousness — as last week saw the shuttering of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and end of the CBS franchise begun by David Letterman.

— Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 24 May 2026