variants
also writ
or dialectal wrote
1
as in printed
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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2
as in communicated
to engage in an exchange of written messages
promise you'll write while you're away
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as in paper
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Recent Examples of written
Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 25 Aug. 2025
This material is not to be reproduced or redistributed absent the written consent of Fairlead Strategies.
—Katie Stockton, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
Stephen Galloway, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
Scholars have written that early leaders came from the Muslim Brotherhood, archenemy of Egypt’s current military leadership, but that ties ended around 1990 under government pressure.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Kennealy and his team offered a written warning about diminishing shelter capacity to the incoming Healey administration in November 2022, though the missive did not carry any recommendations to curb demand.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 25 Aug. 2025
This material is not to be reproduced or redistributed absent the written consent of Fairlead Strategies.
—Katie Stockton, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Years later, Redford toyed with making a sequel, to be written by Larry Gelbart.
—Stephen Galloway, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
Scholars have written that early leaders came from the Muslim Brotherhood, archenemy of Egypt’s current military leadership, but that ties ended around 1990 under government pressure.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for written
Verb
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Consumers were advised to check the lot code printed on the bottom strip of the pouch's back and to return the affected product to the retailer for a full refund.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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According to The New York Times, The Grapes of Wrath was the bestselling book of 1939, and some 430,000 copies of the novel had been printed by February 1940 (which must have put quite a strain on Viking’s printers at the time).—
Paul Slovak
September 16,
Literary Hub,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Baker’s versatility puts even more of an onus on Canales to get the calls communicated quickly so Young can get to the line and identify where Baker is.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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Other officers took positions in the garage’s other window and from the second floor of the house as Gutierrez communicated with Cook.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Staples, clips and other non-paper materials must be removed.—
Shirley MacFarland,
cleveland,
26 Aug. 2022
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In the financial world, assets can be divided into two types: paper assets, and non-paper assets.—
The Salt Lake Tribune,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
24 Aug. 2022
Verb
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Almost every song is a lumbering beast so thoroughly composed of bits and pieces from the very best of the entire British popular music tradition as to make each feel inevitable, and the intensity doesn’t let up much until the final track.—
Jesse Adams,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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Historians say Churchhill composed many of them while propped up in bed or pacing the estate's garden.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Such incidents, in the past, would have had her run home, and write about them furiously in her journal, worried that forgetting them would erase the blessings corresponded to it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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Surprisingly, that surge has corresponded with the team deciding to part ways with franchise slugger Rafael Devers, and several players have stepped up to fill his shoes.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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When will new episodes from the explicit superhuman series be released?—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Prosecutors said members of that group engaged in digital extremism with the explicit goal of dismantling societal order, much in the way the anarchists of the pre-internet era used to operate.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Phoebe Eclair-Powell (The Road Trip) has penned the drama, her first series commission for television.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
16 Sep. 2025
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James Reginato, a writer-at-large for Vanity Fair and the former features director for W magazine, penned the copy, and Anna Wintour contributed the foreword.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The politicians who authored the rules are unlikely to be around to face the mandate’s unintended consequences.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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In June of that year, Warren Buffett, arguably the most famous long-term investor in history, and JPMorgan’s influential CEO, Jamie Dimon, co-authored an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal that decried the practice of companies issuing quarterly earnings guidance.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Written.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/written. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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