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Recent Examples of writ
And yet: The world writ large remains a century away from achieving true gender parity.
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Maggie McGrath, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
The Honduran woman, not named in court documents, filed a petition for writs of habeas corpus, challenging the legality of her and her family’s detention at a Texas facility.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
The result is an offering that bears similarities to YouTube writ large, which democratized and sped up video creation by allowing creators to upload their own content.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2025
And while Wayne does most of the heavy lifting here, as on the album writ large, Birdman does add the perfect complement.
—Pitchfork, 6 June 2025
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Maggie McGrath, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
The Honduran woman, not named in court documents, filed a petition for writs of habeas corpus, challenging the legality of her and her family’s detention at a Texas facility.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
The result is an offering that bears similarities to YouTube writ large, which democratized and sped up video creation by allowing creators to upload their own content.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2025
And while Wayne does most of the heavy lifting here, as on the album writ large, Birdman does add the perfect complement.
—Pitchfork, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for writ
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Task force would go beyond jail enforcement Three kinds of 287(g) agreements allow local law enforcement to partner with ICE: the jail enforcement model, the warrant service officer program and the task force model.—
Ray Stern,
AZCentral.com,
8 July 2025
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The decision to issue the arrest warrants came some six months after the Chief Prosecutor applied for them.—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Notably, the coalition intends to support at least a dozen countries by 2036 and contribute to at least 5 global policy instruments within the same period.—
Nana Ama Sarfo,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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The faculty is brimming with principal players from leading orchestras from across the U.S. Yoyo and Jun have been looking forward to working with all the teachers, especially the experts on their instruments.—
Beth Wood,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 July 2025
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Of those taken into custody, 11 were given summonses, cops said.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
24 June 2025
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A question of intent About 10 months later, troopers returned to Whittier and issued court summonses to Pese, eight other relatives and one man who was not related but came from the same American Samoa village as Pese.—
Mark Thiessen,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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Android tablets are also more appropriate for storing documents, photos, and other files than smart TVs are.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
5 July 2025
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Our founding documents promised liberty and justice for all, not for some.—
Stacey Abrams,
Essence,
4 July 2025
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While traditional arrest warrants require an ascertainment that there is evidence a crime may have been committed, Peterson's capias warrant stems from his failure to appear in court over the issues.—
Gord Magill,
Newsweek,
20 Dec. 2024
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She was arrested and jailed on a civil order called a capias for repeatedly refusing Moukawsher’s orders requiring her to cooperate with a trustee appointed to close her law practice and prohibiting her from withdrawing money from a client account.—
Hartford Courant,
Hartford Courant,
6 June 2022
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The two trips took 14 to 18 hours longer, on average, than the other journeys the gull took during the week-long tracking period, according to the paper.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 July 2025
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Seniors and disabled persons likely make up the lion’s share of the nearly half a million Americans still receiving paper Social Security checks.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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The subpoenas, reviewed by attorneys and shared with the Associated Press, are signed by officers from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' anti-fraud unit but not by a judge.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan issued a subpoena to Harvard last month demanding the documents.—
Andrew Torgan,
CNN Money,
13 July 2025
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The tax agency said that Direct File users reported a high degree of satisfaction and quick answers to their filing questions.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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His filing included a 40-page presentation outlining the issue and his documentation. Jan. 8, 2024, Khoury received a letter from DATCP saying that Honda had not responded to attempts at mediation.—
Rick Barrett,
jsonline.com,
14 July 2025
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“Writ.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writ. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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