writ large
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“One of the biggest challenges to the internet writ large right now is trust, and for us that really boils down to combating bots and fake accounts,” said Roth.
Traditional incarceration, a lock-’em-up and watch-them-suffer approach, has dramatically failed not only our communities and public safety writ large, but also inmates and even those who guard them.
From Los Angeles Times
There’s plenty of folks who I’ve heard from personally, who are concerned, not just for themselves, but for their neighbors, for their friends and for the system writ large.
From Salon
"So we have to husband those resources and steward them as best we can to achieve the optimal outcome for obviously our own citizens, but also our partners writ large."
From BBC
Whether any of these downfalls will result in a re-examination of how men treat women writ large looks less likely.
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