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  • past participle of write.
  • past tense form of write.
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writ

[rit] / rɪt /


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That trend, he said, is one of the biggest future growth drivers for the baby-care space writ large, and it’s already taking shape worldwide.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

The writ, which requires a person detained by authorities be brought before a court so the legality of the detention may be examined, resulted in it being agreed their detention was unlawful.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

The VC industry writ large has made a huge push into companies contributing to the physical build-out of AI, as it becomes increasingly clear that sustaining AI’s fast growth will require significantly more infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

And in a surprising twist, the settlement may turn Meta itself into yet another pressure point on the social media industry writ large.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

Earlier in this chapter I quoted Popper’s claim in 1958 that science ‘is common-sense knowledge writ large, as it were’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

California’s district judges were overrun with emergency petitions for writs of habeas corpus, a legal maneuver rarely used outside death row appeals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

“The Fourth Amendment was born of the Founders’ revulsion for general warrants and writs of assistance—instruments that allowed the government to search first and develop suspicions later,” Mr. Chatrie says in his brief.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

Such writs are rare because they permit intervention before normal appellate procedures have been exhausted.

From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2025

Stark said he will soon decide the estimated dates by which the creditors must complete procedures to obtain writs of attachment to participate in the auction.

From Reuters ● Sep. 12, 2023

When Walter, who could barely read or write, failed to file the various pleadings, writs, motions, and lawsuits the other prisoners had advised him to file, they blamed him for his predicament.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson


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