write back
phrasal verb
wrote back; written back; writing back; writes back
: to send someone a letter, email, etc., in response to one that was sent
He wrote back (to me) as soon as he got my card.
I sent him a letter, but he never wrote me back.
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Stands wrote back urging Haase to listen to Myers’ interview on The Ranch Podcast.
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Carly Flandro, Idaho Statesman, 4 Apr. 2025
Witkoff’s apparent favorability toward negotiations was cited by regional sources speaking to an Israeli newspaper as one reason Khamenei softened up and wrote back to Trump.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2025
Rowling wrote back later that night that her abuse is a matter of public record, ignoring Banks’s inflammatory remarks about whether her ex was involved with a trans woman.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
The legislation for 28 flights failed, but portions of the expansion were written back into the Federal Aviation Administration’s reauthorization bill last year.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2025
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Carly Flandro, Idaho Statesman, 4 Apr. 2025
Witkoff’s apparent favorability toward negotiations was cited by regional sources speaking to an Israeli newspaper as one reason Khamenei softened up and wrote back to Trump.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2025
Rowling wrote back later that night that her abuse is a matter of public record, ignoring Banks’s inflammatory remarks about whether her ex was involved with a trans woman.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
The legislation for 28 flights failed, but portions of the expansion were written back into the Federal Aviation Administration’s reauthorization bill last year.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Write back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/write%20back. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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