How to Use write-in in a Sentence

write-in

1 of 2 noun
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  • Still, Biden will take the most votes through a write-in campaign.
    — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Nevin received 75 votes; there were three write-in votes.
    — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2023
  • Luqman voted for Bernie Sanders in 2020, both in the March primary of that year, and in the fall as a write-in.
    — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Quintana won less than 1% of the vote as a write-in candidate for the Green Party.
    — Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Gender can be a write-in field, rather than a selection from a list.
    — Time, 15 June 2023
  • Steve Garvey, in 1974, is the only other player to be elected as a write-in.
    — Victor Mather, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
  • As a write-in candidate, his name will not be on voting ballots.
    — Indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 3 July 2023
  • His return meant a rush for tickets, which were available via write-in lottery.
    — Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2024
  • So our poll listed 30 genre-spanning Michigan artists, along with a write-in option.
    — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 5 May 2023
  • Craig still ran as a write-in candidate for the Republican primary and snagged 3% of the vote.
    — Leah Vredenbregt, ABC News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • In fact, four of the current members of the Board of Overseers were write-in candidates who met the signature threshold.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The game features multiple choice, true or false questions and write-in answers.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The game features multiple choice, true or false questions, and write-in answers.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 21 Aug. 2023
  • If Trump is kept off the ballot in a state, the former president could launch a write-in campaign, though the rules for doing so differ by state.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Durwood Sargent, 79, of Bow, cast a write-in vote for Biden and said he wasn’t offended that the president kept his name off the ballot.
    — Holly Ramer, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The current census has over 40 categories, plus a write-in option for race groups that may have not been included on the form.
    — Sandhya Kambhampati, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
  • That means Drake is the only candidate whose name will appear on the ballot Tuesday, along with a write-in option.
    — Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 30 July 2024
  • Unless a write-in candidate gains huge voter support, there will be no changes on the Council.
    — The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2024
  • Three Democrats, three Republicans and two write-in candidates from the Green Party are vying for the open seats.
    — Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Flashback: Duggan was elected mayor in 2013 through a write-in campaign when the city was in the midst of its historic bankruptcy case.
    — Joe Guillen, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024
  • While both faced challenges from write-in candidates, Stokes and Edwards ran up enormous leads.
    — The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Biden was not on the ballot in that primary, but a group of Democrats had organized a write-in campaign to show support for the president.
    — Julian Mark, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The letter said at least one military base's supply of the backup write-in ballots had dwindled and not been restocked.
    — Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2024
  • An attempt to draft write-in candidates for the election quickly fizzled.
    — Alexa Mencia, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
  • However, write-in Democrat Biden won a higher percentage of votes in his party than Trump did in his.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Instead, the roughly 6,600 voting members each receive a write-in ballot to list their choices.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Phillips lost to Biden, who ran a write-in campaign, in the unsanctioned New Hampshire primary in January.
    — Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The third-term mayor ran as a write-in candidate in 2013 and has since held the seat during multiple presidencies.
    — Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2024
  • Biden won this year’s Democratic primary in New Hampshire via a write-in campaign.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 8 July 2024
  • The organizers launched a website to promote their write-in efforts with messaging that echoes Biden's pitch against Trump.
    — Mike Pappano, ABC News, 19 Nov. 2023
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write in

2 of 2 verb
  • Fran can’t think what to write in the card going around.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Reading the book, there’s so much that Dahl writes in verse.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2023
  • Not sure what to write in your caption to plant a free tree?
    — Christina Montoya Fiedler, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Marks wrote in a memo at the peak of market pessimism in 2008.
    — Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 11 July 2023
  • Well, as one fan of AD wrote in the comments section of E!
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 7 Mar. 2024
  • This gift option has a large fill opening and the snap loop has a space to write in the contents.
    — Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 19 Dec. 2022
  • These are all perfect to write in a card or text message.
    — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The Colombian singer penned a farewell to Barcelona, her home of the last eight years, in the caption, written in Spanish.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The script’s written in stone, expect the chiefs to benefit off alot of calls.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The star at the center of this system was much more massive than our Sun, the researchers write in their study.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 9 Nov. 2022
  • His father still has a copy of the letter Terrence wrote in middle school to...
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The menu, which changes daily, was written in red ink on a dry-erase board above my table.
    — The Enquirer, 12 Apr. 2024
  • There’s been a bunch of ideas floated, but nothing has been written in stone yet.
    — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 11 June 2024
  • Love wrote in response to Carey's comment of kudos on Facebook at the time.
    — Chris Barilla, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Said guest is a good sport elsewhere in that episode, but that sequence feels like it was written in 1987.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Laura wrote in a July 12 text, asking Sarah to call her.
    — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Clever is the enemy of smart, so write in plain English or simply make a list.
    — David Gaz, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Sean's mom, Alana Stewart wrote in the comments section.
    — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Iger wrote in his memoir that if Jobs had lived, Disney and Apple might have merged.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2024
  • They are used to change lights from red to green and improve the timing of traffic signals along a street, Stephens wrote in an email.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2024
  • Yoon wrote in an email that the nonprofit was not aware of the arrest until told by a Bee reporter.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
  • The judge in Carroll’s case, Lewis Kaplan, wrote in a later ruling.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024
  • As Stern writes in his new memoir Home and Alone, released May 21, the two spent some time together away from the set.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 1 June 2024
  • In the picture, the couple holds hands and shows off their wrist ink, which features a pair of baby feet and the name Grace written in script.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Trump wrote in a post on his social media site, Truth Social.
    — John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Someone’s secrets written in the sky for all to behold.
    — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Spears — who released her memoir, The Woman in Me, last month — wrote in her caption.
    — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Try taking a walk, writing in a journal, or breathing deeply for a minute or two.
    — Debra Manzella, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2023
  • The journalists wrote in their book that Gibson showed up to Ainscough’s funeral uninvited and made a scene with over-the-top crying and wailing, per Women's Weekly.
    — Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Michigan attorney general's office wrote in a January court filing that the state did not want Frazier back.
    — CBS News, 6 Feb. 2025

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