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as in pens
to compose and set down on paper the words of
a staunch supporter of the old school, he prefers to write all of his letters by hand
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as in corresponds
to engage in an exchange of written messages
promise you'll write while you're away
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Recent Examples of writes
Roger Valdez thinks, writes, works on housing, and advocates for progressive supply side solutions to inflation.
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Roger Valdez, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Brendel Hightower writes about real estate and other topics for the Detroit Free Press.
—Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2024
If Page Six writes about what happened at an event at, say, the Metropolitan Museum, and Melinda Gates, Nicole Kidman, Bono and attorney Shelly Bernstein are among the guests, guess who gave them the item?
—Susan Mulcahy, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
Lois Alter Mark has traveled to all seven continents and writes about everything from luxury spas, cruises and hotels to quirky museums, street food and her favorite travel products.
—Lois Alter Mark, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Another one is coming, writes Starwalk, that might outshine Venus later this month.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Oct. 2024
Quentin Tarantino writes the first drafts of his screenplays longhand; Neal Stephenson wrote The Baroque Cycle, a series of eight books set in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with a fountain pen.
—Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
Fingerhut writes for the Associated Press.
—Hannah Fingerhut, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Roger Valdez, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Brendel Hightower writes about real estate and other topics for the Detroit Free Press.
—Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2024
If Page Six writes about what happened at an event at, say, the Metropolitan Museum, and Melinda Gates, Nicole Kidman, Bono and attorney Shelly Bernstein are among the guests, guess who gave them the item?
—Susan Mulcahy, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
Lois Alter Mark has traveled to all seven continents and writes about everything from luxury spas, cruises and hotels to quirky museums, street food and her favorite travel products.
—Lois Alter Mark, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Another one is coming, writes Starwalk, that might outshine Venus later this month.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Oct. 2024
Quentin Tarantino writes the first drafts of his screenplays longhand; Neal Stephenson wrote The Baroque Cycle, a series of eight books set in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with a fountain pen.
—Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
Fingerhut writes for the Associated Press.
—Hannah Fingerhut, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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