Definitions for writ large
writ large

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1. writ largeadjective

   made more obvious or prominent

   "the effect of...his irregular life could be seen writ large on his gaunt features"

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1. writ largeadjective

   Magnified; on a large scale.

2. writ largeadjective

   Readily discerned, unmistakably indicated.

3. Etymology: writ + large; a reference to Plato’s Republic, wherein he describes the state as being like the individual, but larger and easier to examine.

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1. writ large

   "Writ large" is an idiomatic expression used to signify a larger occurrence or embodiment of something commonly found on a smaller or more common scale. It suggests a magnified or exaggerated example of a common thing, or the most prominent or significant representation of something.

How to pronounce writ large?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of writ large in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of writ large in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of writ large in a Sentence

1. Justin Danhof:

   I suspect this case will do little to stem the tide of anti-conservative bias and treatment of conservative employees in corporate America writ large and Silicon Valley specifically.

2. Dorothy Parker:

   I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do any thing. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more.

3. Steve Vladeck:

   One of the questions the Court has agreed to take up in these cases is whether, in delegating the power to The EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, Congress exceeded those limits, if the Court says yes, that will not just curtail the EPA's power to respond to climate change in a moment in which it's hard to imagine that Congress will fill the gap ; it would have enormous implications for -- and impose far greater limits on -- the federal government's regulatory power writ large.

4. Steve Vladeck:

   One of the questions the Court has agreed to take up in these cases is whether, in delegating the power to President Joe Biden EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, Congress exceeded those limits, if the Court says yes, that will not just curtail the EPA's power to respond to climate change in a moment in which it's hard to imagine that Congress will fill the gap ; it would have enormous implications for -- and impose far greater limits on -- the federal government's regulatory power writ large.

5. The US:

   We haven't seen a conventional move like this, nation-state to nation-state, since World War II, certainly nothing on this size and scope and scale, and if it unfolds the way that hereto we have come to believe that it will, it has every potential to be very bloody, very costly and very impactful on European security writ large, perhaps for a long, long time to come.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=writ large
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Writ_Large
3. ^ ChatGPT
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