writes

VERB

put language down on paper

Synonyms

STRONGEST

address compose create draft note pen print record rewrite scrawl scribble sign tell

STRONG

author autograph chalk commit communicate copy correspond engross formulate ghost indite ink inscribe letter pencil reproduce scribe transcribe typewrite

WEAK

bang out comp dash off draw up drop a line drop a note jot down knock off knock out note down push a pencil put in writing scriven set down set forth take down turn out write down write up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

destroy ignore ruin

STRONG

keep stop

WEAK

read

Example Sentences

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writes

To put some numbers on the unprecedented jump in shipping costs, Luman writes that average global crude vessel earnings exceeded $500,000 daily in the first week of October.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Nobody writes like her, and nobody would even, I think, dare to do this in this way.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

The High Court has ruled a "significant error" was made in the application for a warrant to search his residences, it writes.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Nowhere in these pages have I tried to explain George’s motivations,” he writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

“Someone who writes stories for the Cucaracha Voice heard about our mouse exhibit and wants to write it up for the paper. She is going to come Friday afternoon and bring a photographer.”

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary