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Recent Examples of writ
Politics Almost 30 years later, President Abraham Lincoln authorized the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus during the Civil War.
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Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 12 Feb. 2025
All of these legislators are betting that the image of a powerful president shaking up Washington will serve them at a time when the public holds Congress — and government writ large — in such low esteem.
—Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2025
Moreover, focusing on Auschwitz, which has become a symbol of the Holocaust writ large, can distort our understanding of the Shoah.
—Martin Kimel, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2025
Ackman is aided in this quest by the power of his X account writ large, which in recent months has become loudly pro-Trump and pro-MAGA.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
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Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 12 Feb. 2025
All of these legislators are betting that the image of a powerful president shaking up Washington will serve them at a time when the public holds Congress — and government writ large — in such low esteem.
—Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2025
Moreover, focusing on Auschwitz, which has become a symbol of the Holocaust writ large, can distort our understanding of the Shoah.
—Martin Kimel, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2025
Ackman is aided in this quest by the power of his X account writ large, which in recent months has become loudly pro-Trump and pro-MAGA.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for writ
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The lawsuit states that on March 8, an ICE official signed an administrative arrest warrant for Chung and federal law enforcement went to Chung’s parents’ house the next day seeking to arrest her.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Lindsey Hull said last month her parents were taken into custody and told arrest warrants had been issued for them in Mexico after a criminal complaint was filed by The Palace Company alleging fraud.—
Polo Sandoval,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2025
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The instrument, now in its fourth year of surveying the sky, can observe light from 5,000 galaxies at the same time.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2025
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Webb’s powerful instruments calculated the asteroid at about 200 feet, or roughly the height of a 15-story building.—
Amanda Kooser,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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She was given two pink-colored summonses by the New York Police Department — one for obstructing pedestrian traffic and the other for failure to disperse — before being released.—
Shimon Prokupecz,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2025
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Most of those offenders, 671, were issued summonses but another 313 were arrested, including 180 who had outstanding warrants, police said.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
3 Mar. 2025
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Former Massachusetts State Trooper Michael Proctor, who was fired last month for his role in the Karen Read investigation, is on the witness list for her second trial, court documents revealed Monday.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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According to a motion filed by CAHA, when Kanai served document subpoenas on Jorgensen, the metadata within the subpoenas’ PDF revealed that it was created by either Schaffer or his college-age son.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
31 Mar. 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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Eads’ adult daughter told deputies that the mom of four filed to divorce Bryant, but Bryant refused to sign the papers, according to an affidavit from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and reporting from WESH.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2025
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According to the court records, the plaintiff's lawyers still have to serve legal papers on Donald Trump's parent company, the Trump Organization.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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Oprah Winfrey has been dragged into the Russell Simmons rape case by way of a subpoena.—
Marc Griffin,
VIBE.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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The ongoing inquiries, the existence of which ProPublica is revealing for the first time, were at various stages of development, with subpoenas issued in most of them and companies submitting records in response.—
Jake Pearson,
ProPublica,
26 Mar. 2025
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Wisconsin might be accused of violating the First Amendment by treating that hospital more favorably than a comparable secular one, Kaul wrote in a filing.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2025
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Advertisement Federal judges have ruled against the administration more than 40 times, issuing temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions, the Justice Department said Friday in a Supreme Court filing.—
Time,
Time,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Writ.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writ. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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