write
verb (used with object)
to trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.) on the surface of some material, as with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means; inscribe.
have written
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present perfectof write.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Legislators have introduced proposals through the years, and policy advocacy groups and experts have written blueprints to reverse insolvency.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
In a show of collective action, the players have written an open letter to the men's governing body as they fight proposals which would cut draw sizes and reduce prize money from 2028.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
As I have written before, Hoover Dam made today’s West, but also strapped it into the straitjacket of an implacable water shortage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
It was subsequently used by Abraham Lincoln and his family, and he was said to have written the Emancipation Proclamation there.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026
In Italy, Galileo normally wrote of esperienza in Italian, when in Latin he would have written of experimentum.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
