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as in to pen
to compose and set down on paper the words of
a staunch supporter of the old school, he prefers to write all of his letters by hand
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as in to communicate
to engage in an exchange of written messages
promise you'll write while you're away
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Recent Examples of write
It is written by first-time author and Mississippi native Jamese Sims, an atmospheric scientist and assistant professor of meteorology at Jackson State University.
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Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
In our column The Fourth Trimester, Betty Liu writes about the meditative nature of wonton folding.
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Emma Laperruque,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 June 2026
Demographers who attempted to validate his age wrote that their investigation uncovered irregularities and inconsistencies.
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Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Mignon Armistead Dunn was born in Memphis on June 17, 1928, and moved with her family to a cotton plantation at Tyronza in Poinsett County at an early age, David Sesser wrote for the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
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Bill Bowden,
Arkansas Online,
29 June 2026
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Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
In our column The Fourth Trimester, Betty Liu writes about the meditative nature of wonton folding.
—
Emma Laperruque,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 June 2026
Demographers who attempted to validate his age wrote that their investigation uncovered irregularities and inconsistencies.
—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Mignon Armistead Dunn was born in Memphis on June 17, 1928, and moved with her family to a cotton plantation at Tyronza in Poinsett County at an early age, David Sesser wrote for the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
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Bill Bowden,
Arkansas Online,
29 June 2026
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Members of the Autism Treatment Association of Minnesota penned a letter to the committee describing grave consequences.
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Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight is penning the screenplay.
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Rob Manfred blames the Giants for not properly communicating.
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Streamline your schedule, communicate your limits and complete the most important task before adding three more to the list.
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Assembly Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry authored the proposal in Assembly Bill 65.
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Assembly Bill 1729, authored by Assemblymember Alex Lee, D-San Jose, would require state departments to establish telework policies that articulate to employees why they are needed for in-person work.
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The three-person team then found the corresponding symbols on a paper chart.
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To discover that the notes corresponded to where there was more human activity was really very moving.
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One concern on Wall Street is that AI models that quickly compose code might threaten mature software companies.
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Earlier this month, a bipartisan bill introduced in the House proposed establishing an independent commission composed of 13 members appointed by leaders in Congress and the president.
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They were filled with protesters — including outraged members of a teachers’ union and relatives of kidnapping victims — as well as fans skeptical of a team that, four years earlier, posted its worst World Cup performance since 1978.
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In response to the dispute, Local 150 has posted an inflatable Scabby the Rat in front of City Hall for months now.
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“Write.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/write. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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