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writ

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as in warrant

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as in instrument

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Recent Examples of writ History is writ so large and Larry writes so small that the juxtaposition tickled him. — Peter White, Deadline, 26 June 2026 Cry Baby, essentially a rock album, is instead a reflection and rebuttal to American instability writ large. — Mankaprr Conteh, Pitchfork, 8 June 2026 If departments decline to complete those evaluations then that opens the door for the union to file a writ in superior court over the return-to-office order, Gauger said. — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2026 This Gen4 version offers more computing and faster loading compared to its predecessor by 55%, and boats read and writ speeds of up to 7450 and 6900MB per second, respectively. — George Yang, PC Magazine, 26 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for writ

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By comparison, prize law does not require a captor to have a warrant or tie a vessel’s seizure to a violation of an existing stature.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
After years of legal proceedings in the United Kingdom and Romania, the Tates were arrested in Miami by US Marshals on July 18 on provisional arrest warrants requested by Britain.

— Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of warrant

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During an operation, a surgeon controls robotic arms fitted with small instruments while viewing the surgical area through a three-dimensional vision system.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
In the meantime, the observatory will go through commissioning — testing out its instruments in space and deploying the antenna that will relay Roman’s massive imagery back to Earth.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

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Arrests, summonses, and citations have increased by 72% when compared to 2025, but calls for service have decreased by 6% compared to 2025.

— Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
If a cyclist ignores a moving violation summons and gets stopped again while cycling, there’s nothing the NYPD can do other than issue more moving violation summonses that will be ignored and go unpaid.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026

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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
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

Definition of capias

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The profit figure was driven by a massive paper gain in the company's strategic investment portfolio, which includes a stake in Anthropic.

— Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
The senators cited a fall 2025 UC San Diego faculty work group paper that found about 1 in 12 incoming UCSD freshmen were testing below high school math standards, a share that the report said grew nearly thirtyfold since 2020.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

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The government has also investigated Tim Walz, Jacob Frey, and Keith Ellison for conspiring to impede federal immigration enforcement; subpoenas demanding information from them were blocked by a federal judge earlier this summer.

— Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
An ongoing battle over a subpoena that El Cajon is pursuing has slowed the suit.

— Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of subpoena

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Since her transfer on June 18 to the Midwest Regional Reception Center, which CoreCivic runs for ICE, Bartko has not been evaluated by an endocrinologist or any other outside physician, ICE acknowledged in a federal court filing.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026
Nathan Hochman over his filing of 16 felony counts against Officer Daniel Flores.

— Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026

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