write-in

[ rahyt-in ]

noun

1. a candidate or vote for a candidate not listed on the printed ballot but written onto it by the voter:

   Write-ins may swing the election.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or for such a candidate or vote or a ballot so marked:

   a write-in campaign.

write in

verb

1. to insert in (a document, form, etc) in writing
2. adverb to write a letter to a company, institution, etc
3. adverb
   1. to vote for (a person not on a ballot) by writing in his name
   2. to cast (a vote) for such a person by writing in his name

noun

1. the act of voting for a person by writing his name on a ballot
2. a candidate or vote that has been written in
3. ( as modifier )

   a write-in campaign

Word History and Origins

Origin of write-in¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

The change, they wrote in an opinion column in The Wall Street Journal, could result in a “wave of voluntary terminations that we welcome.”

From New York Times

She wrote in her memoir, she stepped onto her hotel balcony in Las Vegas and looked down.

From Salon

“I feel this is not only one of the best songs, if not the best song, I’ve written for a movie; it’s one of the best songs I’ve ever written in my life,” Warren says.

From Los Angeles Times

Several hundred million tons of plastics are produced each year globally, and an estimated 79% of this material ends up in landfills or "becomes fugitive in the environment," the researchers wrote in their report.

From Science Daily

"Numerous flash floods, hazardous travel, power outages, and tree damage can be expected as the storm reaches max intensity," the National Weather Prediction Centre wrote in a post on X.

From BBC

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