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Recent Examples of writ
The mass protests that have become commonplace since October 7 are not so much against the military or war writ large, but in favor of a ceasefire deal to bring home hostages held in Gaza.
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Zeena Saifi, CNN, 24 Mar. 2025
Peltier’s attorneys and supporters would wage a decades-long battle through appeals, writs and petitions to circuit courts, federal courts, the U.S. Supreme Court and three U.S. presidents, alleging numerous incidents of misconduct by the FBI in Peltier’s case.
—Tom White, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2025
The state is asking the judge to declare the district is in violation of state law and to issue a writ of mandate forcing it to comply.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025
And, of course, the Trump administration has been big on cutting waste, fraud and abuse writ large.
—Caitlin Owens, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025
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Zeena Saifi, CNN, 24 Mar. 2025
Peltier’s attorneys and supporters would wage a decades-long battle through appeals, writs and petitions to circuit courts, federal courts, the U.S. Supreme Court and three U.S. presidents, alleging numerous incidents of misconduct by the FBI in Peltier’s case.
—Tom White, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2025
The state is asking the judge to declare the district is in violation of state law and to issue a writ of mandate forcing it to comply.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025
And, of course, the Trump administration has been big on cutting waste, fraud and abuse writ large.
—Caitlin Owens, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for writ
Noun
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An arrest warrant was obtained for Lacy for negligent homicide, felony hit-and-run and reckless operation of a vehicle.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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County prosecutors have offered a glimpse of the federal allegations, which were outlined in an FBI warrant unsealed Friday.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2025
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Plopping down on its four landing legs, the spacecraft delivered ten science instruments and technology demonstration gear through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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The science payload to be landed there includes seismometers, a drill to allow emplacement of heat flow and electrical conductivity probes, and instruments to study the magnetic field and surface weathering.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2025
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The 47-year-old driver was issued several summonses including possessing an open alcohol in a motor vehicle and DWI, according to officials.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
23 Apr. 2025
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She was given two pink-colored summonses by the New York Police Department — one for obstructing pedestrian traffic and the other for failure to disperse — before being released.—
Shimon Prokupecz,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2025
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Federal prosecutors have declared intent to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, according to a court document filed on Thursday evening.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The music mogul's legal team has responded to the prosecutors' requests about which evidence should be included – or excluded – in court documents filed in the Southern District of New York April 22.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 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
Noun
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But what looks lean on paper is proving increasingly costly at the top.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2025
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According to a new paper published in the journal Current Biology, the observational data is the first evidence of the sharing of alcoholic foods among nonhuman great apes in the wild.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
21 Apr. 2025
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With a clear tone of more to come, Freedman’s not doubting that subpoena anymore.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
21 Apr. 2025
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Slavik claimed that the witness' attorney provided documents to Diddy's team pertaining to a keyword search, to which the judge suggested prosecutors turn over full documents via thumb drive or face a possible adjournment or subpoena.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Leonard agreed to testify as an expert witness, and warned in the filing that the Trump administration's blanket suspension of clearances held by Perkins Coie employees was reminiscent of programs from the 1950s, including during the Red Scare.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2025
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The filing also showed UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty's total compensation for 2024 was $26.3 million, compared with $23.5 million a year ago.—
Sriparna Roy,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Writ.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writ. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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