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Recent Examples of writ
President Abraham Lincoln controversially suspended writ privilege nationally early in the Civil War, but Congress subsequently enacted a law permitting suspension in March 1863.
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 11 May 2025
By the early 20th century, utility maximization — happiness writ small — emerged as a linchpin of economic analysis.
—January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 3 May 2025
The writ was also effectively denied during a 1905 insurrection in the U.S.-occupied Philippines and again in Hawaii under martial law following the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack—though the Supreme Court later ruled the Hawaii suspension unconstitutional.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025
President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus during the Civil War, but Congress then separately allowed the suspension as well, so Lincoln’s move was never challenged.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 11 May 2025
By the early 20th century, utility maximization — happiness writ small — emerged as a linchpin of economic analysis.
—January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 3 May 2025
The writ was also effectively denied during a 1905 insurrection in the U.S.-occupied Philippines and again in Hawaii under martial law following the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack—though the Supreme Court later ruled the Hawaii suspension unconstitutional.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025
President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus during the Civil War, but Congress then separately allowed the suspension as well, so Lincoln’s move was never challenged.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for writ
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The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant in 2023 for Putin and the country’s commissioner for children’s rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, accusing them of abducting children from Ukraine.—
Mehmet Guzel,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
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The visit was Putin’s first to a member country of the International Criminal Court which had issued an arrest warrant for Putin on charges on war crimes.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
2 June 2025
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The Time Has Come A stablecoin, a digital dollar, is an instrument whose time has come.—
Cleve Mesidor,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Each installment felt made by a director with a specific take on the material, and Cruise was their versatile instrument.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
31 May 2025
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The division has handled around 2,400 jobs since their launch and has helped issue 2,400 summonses, made 132 arrests, and seized 91 mopeds, 17 e-bikes, and 352 vehicles tied to constant complaints.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
8 May 2025
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However, John Doe summonses are not limited to cryptocurrency and are a common IRS tool for all types of financial transactions involving private financial information the government may want for investigative and tax enforcement efforts.—
Joshua D. Smeltzer,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The surface of Enceladus, according to the decadal strategy document, should be capable of preserving biogenic evidence for a long time and seems more conducive to a lander mission.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 May 2025
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Court documents do not reveal who the actual buyer was, but Ferguson in the news release said Dove faces straw purchasing charges.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
30 May 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
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Store insurance policies, photos of your home and its contents and other important papers in a safe place, in electronic files and/or share copies with family members.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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That's kinda what the economists do in this paper, statistically speaking.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
27 May 2025
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Taylor Swift can now shake off one legal headache, as Justin Baldoni has dropped the subpoena against the pop star in his ongoing dispute with Blake Lively.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
22 May 2025
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Justin Baldoni's legal team withdrew its subpoena against Taylor Swift.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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Tate denied all allegations in the case, court filings say.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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But unlike their harsh criticism of Judge Williams, DeSantis and other Florida officials kept their objections to Judge Altman civil, limiting their differences with him to court filings.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2025
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“Writ.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writ. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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