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write

[rahyt] / raɪt /


VERB
to use a computer language, program
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"I never seem to write in the moment I'm going through it," Jacques says.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

They put $67,000 into a donor-advised fund in a single year and write $2,000 of direct checks in each of the next four years.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

Our whole entrée into this world wasn’t because I could sing or he was a great guitarist — we wanted to write songs.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

“The workers that I write about in Union Made, they believed God was on their side,” Carter said.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

He whispered in my ear that he would write, that he would come back for me and find me.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

"It is surprising that the discourse from many developing AI is so filled with doom," he writes.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Sam Adams writes that the cosmic horror blockbuster is a satisfying throwback to Jurassic Park.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

Flock Safety is introducing new guardrails for its AI-enabled license-plate cameras to stem public backlash and lost business over privacy concerns, Victoria Albert writes for the Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

He now writes for Spectator's city news division, where he primarily covers local politics.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Every day, Mrs. Fisher writes a sentence on the board, and we have sixty seconds to write something about it.

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist

The government injected billions into banks, insurance giant AIG and the automobile industry to prevent the collapse of individual companies that would have jeopardized the economy and the financial system writ large if they failed.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

It represents a leap in the evolution of Saar’s work — her smaller scale imaginings now writ large.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

From the moment a writ is moved in Parliament - the process of formally triggering a by-election - it usually takes place between 21 and 27 working days.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

This, sadly, is also the story of traditional TV writ large—kept afloat by football.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

It is all a game to them still, a tourney writ large, and all they see is the chance for glory and honor and spoils.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

“He is in every meaningful sense the paper’s human co-author,” Claude wrote in the acknowledgments section.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

“Recent carrier deployments have repeatedly stretched beyond their original anticipated duration, suggesting that extended deployments may be becoming a feature rather than an exception of the Navy’s force-generation model,” Blumenthal wrote.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

During US President Donald Trump's first administration, he even wrote about thorny topics such as the spread of misinformation on his platforms, external.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

A group of university academics last week wrote to Prentice slamming Arday's appointment and asking her to appoint an independent body to probe what happened.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

Stowe later claimed to have written as if in a trance, similar to the Spiritualists’ automatic writing: “I did not write it … God wrote it … I merely did his dictation.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Others have written joint letters in support of him.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

“This runs through a written employer plan. If your company doesn’t adopt one, there’s nothing to elect,” Chancey said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

By keeping the action and themes largely Earthbound and removing the interstellar glamour associated with flying supes and suits, “Lanterns” reignites our consideration of a superhero long written off in the live-action realm.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

The words, “deny,” “delay,” and “depose” were written on the side of some of the shell casings found at the scene, according to a complaint.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

It was the missing page from “The Kohlrabi King” by Ella St. Clay written out on the walls in elegant blue paint.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

But the series is fresh enough in its details and execution, and strong enough in its writing, and so well performed, that it feels quite original.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Andreessen's writing began with him recounting lies he claimed people were spreading, and called for readers to push back against this.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Luz Mary Gonzalez, a teacher, sat on the ground with a dozen more volunteers, writing messages of solidarity to be slotted into donation boxes.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

Kim joined the Journal from CIO Magazine, where she was managing editor, working with freelance reporters and writing cover stories for the then-monthly publication.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Yes, she had been writing poetry since she was in grade two.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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