writ
Example Sentences
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Now imagine that kind of corrupted, perverted system of justice writ large.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
The government’s lawyers knew it and conceded that they could not distinguish our case from the judge’s prior ruling, and she granted the writ the same day.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026
By custom, the court agrees to consider a case if at least four justices vote to grant the writ of certiorari.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026
As president, he didn’t when he suspended the writ of habeas corpus early in the Civil War.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
I read what I’d writ and figured I’d best put in one more part.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Vocabulary lists containing writ
The Constitution of the United States
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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100 SAT words Beginning with W,X,Y, and Z
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