wrote up

Definition of wrote upnext
past tense of write up
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Verb
  • The timeline won’t affect the state’s ability to produce a new map and electoral process for this year’s election, Louisiana Attorney General Elizabeth Murrill wrote.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 5 May 2026
  • Often, Bell wrote, desegregation turned out not to be the fastest or surest method to improve these children’s school experience.
    Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Verb
  • One of the people who spoke up was Leonard Wheeler, a former Carolina Panther who now works for the NFL.
    Alex Zietlow, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026
  • One of the people who spoke up was Leonard Wheeler, a former Carolina Panther who now works for the NFL.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • South Africa's health department had said around 150 tourists were on board at the time of the outbreak, while online tour operators said the Hondius — described as a specialist polar cruise ship — usually travels with around 70 crew members.
    CBS News, CBS News, 4 May 2026
  • His name shot to the national stage when McBath described his case during a congressional hearing with then-Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem at the beginning of March.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 4 May 2026
Verb
  • The proposal led to a contentious village board meeting at which residents spoke out and fought with the developer, arguing that multifamily units would not be a good fit for the mostly single-family home neighborhood.
    Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
  • Since Kevin first spoke out Tuesday from Mexico pleading for his parents’ deportation, his health has deteriorated dramatically.
    Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 7 May 2026
Verb
  • The recall, which was published on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) website on May 1, is related to an infotainment control unit software issue that can cause the critical instrument data to go blank.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 9 May 2026
  • Freddy the Detective solved his first mystery in 1927, a passing-of-the-deerstalker year in which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published his last Sherlock Holmes story and Agatha Christie introduced Miss Jane Marple.
    Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
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“Wrote up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrote%20up. Accessed 12 May. 2026.

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