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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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Both he and Constanze are grieving, and Mozart writes a piece called “Kyrie,” which Constanze performs as an opera — a cathartic moment for both.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

“The allegorical possibilities,” Ms. Tatar writes, “are nearly endless.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

“Arachnophilia,” or love of spiders, Ms. Tatar writes, “is a word that you will not yet find in a dictionary.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

These are, Mr. Freymann writes, “tempting targets,” but seizing them could stiffen the resolve of Taiwan and its Western friends.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

She writes something else on the Post-it on her desk.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers