writing up

Definition of writing upnext
present participle of write up
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Verb
  • For this reason, Illinois farm groups like Illinois Stewardship Alliance debated speaking out against Monsanto in the Supreme Court case, acknowledging the need to balance effective weed control with concerns about safety.
    Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The Grammy winner spoke more in depth about her penchant for speaking out against ICE, billionaires and more hot-button political issues.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Fans need to start speaking up loudly.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026
  • There was a lot more speaking up and gaming with certain folks, and having conversations in different rooms.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The local representative of the national government, Eduardo Pacheco, escalated Casagrande’s request, writing to the Interior Ministry on May 19 to request an exception to carry out preventive burns, BioBíoChile reported.
    Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Demonstrating skills For years, roboticists have been working on getting robots to learn from demonstration—teaching them new skills by showing them what to do, rather than writing lines of code.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 26 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • When describing his overall plan for ELL and emergent bilingual learning after staff cuts, Licata said those resources are not being spent in the right directions for students.
    Samuel O’Neal Updated April 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2026
  • What the note was describing lay outside the perimeter.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Coachella Weekend 1 concluded with a historic performance by the festival’s first Latina headliner Karol G and now, attendees are sounding off online about their experiences and offering advice to Weekend 2 festivalgoers.
    Andrea Domanick, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Journalism ethics experts are sounding off on the scandal involving Pats coach Mike Vrabel and NFL reporter Dianna Russini, as The Athletic investigates Russini’s conduct after the pair was spotted holding hands at a luxury resort.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The Washington Post reported last week that HHS has shelved a study CDC scientists were on the verge of publishing showing that this past winter the vaccines reduced the risk of needing emergency care or hospitalization for Covid by 50%.
    Helen Branswell, STAT, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Dollison continued editing and publishing populist newspapers such as the Alliance Voice, the Clay County Progress, the Paragould Democrat, the Paragould Press and the Walnut Ridge Telephone.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The mix seemed appropriate to higher education, which, after all, dedicates itself both to the very traditional act of conserving knowledge and to producing and disseminating fresh discoveries.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The leadership also froze the agency’s other election security work, which included assessing local election offices for physical and cybersecurity risks, and disseminating sensitive intelligence information on threats.
    Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 13 Apr. 2026
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“Writing up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writing%20up. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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