How to Use write-up in a Sentence

write-up

1 of 2 noun
  • By the late ‘80s, the school earned a glowing write-up in Time magazine.
    Deanna Pan, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2023
  • For a write-up in the New York Times, concerning the report, go here.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 3 Sep. 2024
  • As the title of this write-up asks, how’s the ‘inflation’ fight going?
    John Tamny, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Here are part one and part two of my write-up on educators' favourite AI tools.
    Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • TechCrunch has a great write-up with these and other examples.
    Wes Davis, The Verge, 13 June 2023
  • That woman won it anyway, and had earned it; a big write-up in the paper gave full marks for her achievements and goals.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Yes, the nice write-up continued on D3, and a huge photo of her, yet the caption talked about her crying.
    Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2023
  • Trans-friendly swimsuits mentioned in the write-up only come in adult sizes.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 26 May 2023
  • This flood of hectic club music has raised in many a write-up a question: what exactly to call Rio’s sound?
    John Norris, Billboard, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Will Please Don’t Destroy ever get a write-up without a nepo baby joke?
    James Grebey, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The duo’s write-up of their findings reveals a broad array of perspectives among those who put their name to the document.
    Will Knight, WIRED, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Each write-up was less than one page, and there were inconsistencies between them.
    Nichole Manna, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2024
  • However, the write-up in the journal said Abbott played no role in the design of the French trial, the selection of sites, or in data analysis.
    Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
  • This write-up covers episode eight, the season finale, which was released on October 6.
    Andrew Cunningham & Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 6 Oct. 2023
  • But any half-decent write-up should also mention a micro-budget British slasher.
    Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Despite its brevity, and its equivocations, the Times write-up must have roused interest in MTV’s new venture.
    Hazlitt, 4 May 2022
  • The write-up lists multiple ways to exploit the vulnerability, along with code for doing so.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 31 May 2024
  • Then weird things started happening, like a famous person would tweet about it, or a big newspaper would blast a positive write-up to their mailing list.
    Joe Utichi, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2024
  • While the public timeline of their relationship was brief, the more surprising aspect was the mode of announcement: an old-fashioned newspaper write-up in the births, deaths and marriages column of The Times.
    Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024
  • There's also a good technical write-up here by Aarons' collaborator, David Buchanan.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Bloomberg’s write-up has lots of previously unknown tidbits about Apple’s health aims, sourced from anonymous employees.
    Wes Davis, The Verge, 1 Nov. 2023
  • There have been write-ups in Christian publications and a few from the Miami New Times, including a 2016 article about a lawsuit brought against the church by local artists for unlawful use of their artwork.
    Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 16 June 2024
  • Almost every write-up on Palworld leads with its mind-boggling sales data: After launching in early access last Friday, the game sold a million copies in its first eight hours, then crossed the 7 million threshold in five days.
    Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
  • An Atlantic Council write-up noted that Iran uses mines to deter smuggling and terrorist activity in the border provinces.
    Khalil Sahragard, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Food and Drink This is an installment of quick bites, an occasional feature that collects short write-ups of surprising forkfuls, unsung eateries and hidden gems on ordinary menus.
    Mara Severin | Eating Out, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2023
  • Under the agreement, hotels agreed to remove any disciplinary write-ups workers received in connection to their strike actions and to remedy related charges of unfair labor practices filed by the union with the National Labor Relations Board.
    Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Although clunky in appearance, the experimental model still managed to create a stir worldwide, including a brief write-up in 1915 in Scientific American.
    IEEE Spectrum, 29 June 2023
  • Split into artists, innovators, titans, leaders, icons, and pioneers, the list highlighted cultural lightning rods and move-makers across industries, with write-ups from their peers highlighting their impact and achievements.
    Rivea Ruff, Essence, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Other Sunday Times stories published that month that make reference to Leeds are all straightforward sports or politics write-ups and human-interest pieces about property or interior design.
    Aaron C. Davis, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
  • Martinez’s prison disciplinary record, however, included write-ups for using heroin and possessing medication used to treat opiate addiction, prosecutors say.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
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write up

2 of 2 verb
  • The next day, Levy took that napkin to a lawyer friend and asked him to write up a contract.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2021
  • He's spent decades in prison w/out a write up, helping at risk youth.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Nice to see a place written up where the houses don't start in 7 figures.
    Madison Rudolf, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Our story is written up in The Trace and published on the day of the introduction of the bill.
    Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2024
  • This was a soft spot for Hillary and according to the write up, Tanden punched Shakir in the chest following the exchange.
    Brooklyn White, Essence, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Along with sending in your best (or worst) selfie, select from a range of colors and write up to 15 lines of text.
    Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 17 May 2022
  • There’s plenty of video, but start with the write up from blogger Jason Kottke.
    Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2020
  • It’s also known for its super fast speed and can cut and write up to 25.4 inches per second.
    Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The other person would write up the issue for the company to review.
    Lauren Smiley, Wired, 8 Mar. 2022
  • So, look out for the unpolished description in the dealer’s write up.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Granted, late night shows will quickly shut down (as they’re written up to the moment of broadcast).
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2023
  • Waldon was then believed to have held Yates at gunpoint ordering her to write up two $5,000 checks to him.
    Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Sandia plans to finish its tests in July and write up its results in August.
    Charles Q. Choi, IEEE Spectrum, 13 June 2024
  • Warren proved to be a very different kind of cook than the jail had ever had before, and the first one to get written up in the newspaper.
    Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2024
  • Don't worry, debt collectors won't be able to comment on your posts or write up something for the public to see.
    Michelle Shen, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2021
  • The lawyers will write up huge disclaimers warning everyone that heat can happen, even here.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022
  • The union noted two other employees were fired and a union leader was written up.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Kerner’s office wrote up a dozen Trump aides for Hatch Act warnings during Trump’s four years in office.
    Brian Bennett, Time, 17 July 2023
  • So Corey submitted a photo of Crash wearing a set of pink bunny ears and wrote up a short recount of his story.
    Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The agency could write up a waiver to existing policies, so as not to spend the money on de-orbiting it.
    Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 16 May 2024
  • Over the course of that autumn, Rosen worked with Courier’s newsrooms to write up manifestos of sorts detailing what each stood for.
    WIRED, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The executives will write up a profuse thanks to everyone who had a hand in helping the player climb through the system.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
  • The band also wrote up an extensive and impressive guest list for its monsters’ ball.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2023
  • But funding only allowed the hotline to run for seven months as the rest of the one-year grant was needed to first develop the hotline and then write up the impact.
    Pallabi Munsi, CNN, 31 May 2022
  • The appeal says this will give both the Trump legal team and the House Committee lawyers time to write up positions on a longer delay as the appeal goes forward.
    CBS News, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Not long after, he was written up for failing to properly stop his ATV before crossing the tracks in 2019.
    Josh Funk, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2023
  • They were inspired by this idea and decided to try writing up a legislative amendment of their own.
    Ellen Dong, oregonlive, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The company has not yet formally written up the data for a journal.
    Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 31 July 2023
  • In its turn this paper, as well as the write up in The New York Times, has been widely criticized in the genomics and genetics community.
    Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2012
  • Many other stories are half written and/or waiting to be written up in my notebooks.
    Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024

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