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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As Oprah Winfrey gushed to Burden, a Harvard-educated lawyer and the granddaughter of socialite Babe Paley: “You are every woman. You have written the manual for every woman.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Published in the London Review of Books, external, Wilson said she "would be ashamed to have written any of this script", describing the film's narrative structure as "gimmicky."
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
They were able to exploit a new database that extends back to 1799, and which I have written about before in other contexts.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Times TV critic Robert Lloyd and culture critic Mary McNamara, both of whom have written about the show across its run, discuss the show’s final season and its overall legacy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Western scholars have written histories of the world since at least the twelfth century.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
