writ
Example Sentences
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“It was like a play in a game. It wasn’t the game writ large.”
On Monday, government chief whip Jonathan Reynolds asked for the writ for the Gorton and Denton constituency to be issued in Parliament.
From BBC
Certainly there is a wry truth to Picasso’s opinion on artistic progress writ large, yet Ms. Chan is also persuasive in saying that new creativity springs from the same ancient wellspring Picasso was talking about.
A writ of mandate is a court order that attempts to correct alleged overreach or abuse of discretion by a government official or agency.
From Los Angeles Times
The proof of Akangbe Ogun's pudding, as it were, is writ large in the monumental sculptures, structures in fantastical formations that attest to his mastery of his art, on view all over the Osun Grove.
From BBC
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