- past tense form of write.
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Appeared in the February 10, 2026, print edition as 'A Human Wrote This Article'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
Ron Steen:, external Wrote for the likes of the Guardian, Wisden Cricketer and Cricinfo and was a former deputy sports editor of the Sunday Times.
From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025
If you went out and said you’re going to run a commercial during Murder, She Wrote, nobody would care.”
From Slate • Feb. 9, 2025
Wrote one angry user in a post to X.
From Salon • Dec. 4, 2024
Wrote again until he had something that could work, something that said a little of what he felt, even though he was just scratching the surface.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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