write out

verb

wrote out; written out; writing out; writes out

transitive verb

: to write especially in a full and complete form

Examples of write out in a Sentence

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On that show, Hayter was written out of storylines via an attack by the debuting Thekla. Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025 As a result of the accusations, Noth's character was written out of the finale of And Just Like That..., as well as out of The Equalizer. Skyler Caruso, People.com, 29 May 2025 Black doctors like Rebecca Lee Crumpler and scholars like Katherine Johnson, a mathematician at NASA, were long written out of history, Edwards says. Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2025 At one point, Max gets up to go to the restroom, and all those viewers just sit and watch as Gates writes out a quick eight bars on a piece of technology that predates many of them. Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for write out

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of write out was in the 15th century

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“Write out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/write%20out. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.

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