How native speakers pronounce “write”

I'm a poet and author. I write about the things that bring me joy. You'd be surprised just how often that means

Joy Will Find You — If You Let It | David Larbi | TED · TED

(Laughter) Waiting until it ends, so they can go home and write a paper about it. (Laughter)

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

And not just for the books I write or the books I sell, but for all books.

The Love of My Life (and Why I Need to Share It with You) | Ann Patchett | TED · TED

I did it the right way. And write down the three things that it would take for that answer to be: “Yes, that was it.

5 Practical Ways to Take Control of Your Life | Jim VandeHei | TED · TED

I lived the life I wanted to live." Then write down the three things that it would take to do that between now and then,

5 Practical Ways to Take Control of Your Life | Jim VandeHei | TED · TED

maybe sprinkle some youth so you can tick an inclusion box, write reports and repeat. And don’t get me wrong, this work is important.

The Missing Ingredient in Every Peace Deal | Hiba Qasas | TED · TED

domination, right? And I didn't make this up, I did write that letter. And here it is --

What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection | Jia Jiang | TED · TED

when I'm walking around. When I feel grateful, I write a note and send it off. When I need help, I’m less reluctant to ask for it.

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

I have conversations with these patients with rare and deadly diseases. I write about these conversations. These conversations are terribly fraught.

Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine | Kevin B. Jones

He worked with it. He had me write down five adjectives and visualize them every day before our pretend court.

What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case | Neal Kumar Katyal | TED · TED

but uncertainty is good news. It means that the future is unwritten, that it's ours to write. And we can face the blank page with creativity, with curiosity,

Beware the Power of Prediction | Carissa Véliz | TED · TED

without any opportunity for response or argument or pushback or growth, write a blog. (Laughter)

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

Number two, what are you disengaged with? Write down your answers every day, every few days, over the course of a month.

How to Turn Setbacks into Success | Amy Shoenthal | TED · TED

OK, we've all heard of a to-do list, but I would like to invite you to write a to-love list. Who matters most to you?

Why Social Health Is Key to Happiness and Longevity | Kasley Killam | TED · TED

Make sure that you invest in the names of at least three of the people that you write down. By scheduling regular time together,

Why Social Health Is Key to Happiness and Longevity | Kasley Killam | TED · TED

text a friend. Instead of reading news headlines, write a thank-you card. Instead of listening to a podcast, call a family member.

Why Social Health Is Key to Happiness and Longevity | Kasley Killam | TED · TED

a live-action version of Whac-A-Mole, or when I'm struggling to find the words to write a eulogy hours after losing one of my closest friends.

Stress Resets, the Ultimate Mental Health Hack | Jenny Taitz | TED · TED

Maybe you like to cook. Maybe you like to write. Maybe you do some of those things for work.

How to Reclaim Your Life From Work | Simone Stolzoff | TED · TED

I still have maybe another four decades of work left in me. And it's exceedingly likely that anything I write from this point forward is going to be judged by the world as the work that came after

Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert

(Laughter) "Do I look like I can write down a song right now? If you really want to exist, come back at a more opportune moment

Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert

The person uses their instructions to figure out how to respond. They write the response down on a piece of paper and then send it back out through the door.

How to Get Inside the "Brain" of AI | Alona Fyshe | TED · TED

Then you use control theory to learn neural activity patterns that you can write directly into the digital twin to control it. Then, you take those same neural activity patterns

Can AI Match the Human Brain? | Surya Ganguli | TED · TED

Then, you take those same neural activity patterns and you write them into the brain to control the brain. In essence, we can learn the language of the brain,

Can AI Match the Human Brain? | Surya Ganguli | TED · TED

Now, we can go beyond that. We can now write neural activity patterns into the mouse's brain, so we can make it hallucinate

Can AI Match the Human Brain? | Surya Ganguli | TED · TED

when Frankl himself was released in 1946 he sat down to write an account of his experience it took him nine days Man's Search for

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Unfortunately, they told me neither were available, so I had to write back and forth with the receptionist at the front desk. To make matters worse, when the doctor came into the room,

How AI Can Bridge the Deaf and Hearing Worlds | Adam Munder | TED · TED

I have to rely on a smartphone to text back and forth or write with paper and pen to the people I interact with. Then I have the professional world

How AI Can Bridge the Deaf and Hearing Worlds | Adam Munder | TED · TED

other words he used his own life story to write a new story of creativity a lot of going through a life transition

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life people turn to creativity they dance sing cook write poems letters diary entries pick up tap shoes juggling

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he considered suicide but then he started to cook then write poetry then paint I used to get out my hostility by

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consequential thing Augustine did he went on to write a salacious account of his early life in a memoir called the confessions

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we get paralyzed by choice we get writer's block trying to write the story of Our Lives a big part of my

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ABCs of meaning agency they start a side job take up mountain climbing write a screenplay screenplay belonging

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we have a choice in how we tell our life story we don't write it in permanent Inc there are no points for consistency or

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is understanding that I decide what I focus on. We've gotten the opportunity to write our own story. It's really about joy, happiness, being OK,

Your Zip Code Shouldn’t Determine Your Lifespan | Dion Dawson | TED · TED

and even these limited time keeping tools caused Roman poet plotus to write who in this place set up a sundial to

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Are people taking responsibility for this use of force? It's not to write off an entire category of technology, and in doing so, tie our hands behind our backs

The AI Arsenal That Could Stop World War III | Palmer Luckey | TED · TED

OK, I'm struggling to figure out how to respond here, so let's get AI to write a response. Next, I need to write a report.

How to Stop AI from Killing Your Critical Thinking | Advait Sarkar | TED · TED

so let's get AI to write a response. Next, I need to write a report. But I'm struck by the blank-page problem.

How to Stop AI from Killing Your Critical Thinking | Advait Sarkar | TED · TED

Consider memory. When people rely on AI to write for them, they remember less of what they wrote.

How to Stop AI from Killing Your Critical Thinking | Advait Sarkar | TED · TED

about consumer preferences for sustainable packaging. Clara's colleagues have asked her to write a proposal arguing for how the company ought to respond.

How to Stop AI from Killing Your Critical Thinking | Advait Sarkar | TED · TED

Clara has a completely different relationship to this text than if she just dropped in some documents and said, write me a report. Because this text is deeply rooted in a cognitively effortful

How to Stop AI from Killing Your Critical Thinking | Advait Sarkar | TED · TED

You can build powerful tools for memory that enable knowledge workers to read and write at speed with greater intentionality, and remember it, too.

How to Stop AI from Killing Your Critical Thinking | Advait Sarkar | TED · TED

because I gave him that note before he died. So Sandy decided to write her mom a note, and she included an honoring set of memories

The Profound Power of Gratitude and "Living Eulogies" | Andrea Driessen | TED · TED

Maybe you're really good at PowerPoint decks. Could you write a grace sentence? The medium doesn't matter.

The Profound Power of Gratitude and "Living Eulogies" | Andrea Driessen | TED · TED

So I was -- I would get up and spend a couple hours, I'd write emails, send notes, make phone calls, visit people

My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee | A.J. Jacobs

Because I would wake up every morning in my default mood, which is grumpiness, but I would force myself to write a thank-you note and then another and then another.

My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee | A.J. Jacobs

is going to help the world. But I write horny fairy fantasy novels, and I really don't think that that's going to do anything."

The Case for Making Art When the World Is on Fire | Amie McNee | TED · TED

we have agency in a world that says that we're too small to enact change. When I write my novels, I'm the God of my own little realm.

The Case for Making Art When the World Is on Fire | Amie McNee | TED · TED

giving your attention to art is a rebellious act. That means when you write that little piece of poetry, it isn't just a nice thing to do with your time.

The Case for Making Art When the World Is on Fire | Amie McNee | TED · TED

She was really, really struggling. And all she wanted to do was write her romance novels. But she felt so guilty

The Case for Making Art When the World Is on Fire | Amie McNee | TED · TED

underprepared for this sort of attention. It's one thing to work up the confidence to write honestly about your experiences with love,

Falling in love is the easy part | Mandy Len Catron

better content, write better novels that we all enjoy. I believe very deeply that humans will be at the center of that.

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I understand that this is part of the deal. If you write about your relationship in an international newspaper, you should expect people to feel comfortable asking about it.

Falling in love is the easy part | Mandy Len Catron

which is, incidentally, the only part of the article that I didn't actually write. (Laughter)

Falling in love is the easy part | Mandy Len Catron

where you said, “So I asked ChatGPT to write a TED Talk in the style of Carole Cadwalladr.” And and you showed what was --

Can Big Tech and Privacy Coexist? | Carole Cadwalladr and Chris Anderson | TED · TED

and are now doing this. And anyone else could write a talk in the style of Carole Cadwalladr. Would you feel differently about it

Can Big Tech and Privacy Coexist? | Carole Cadwalladr and Chris Anderson | TED · TED

because there's going to be no economic model for anybody to write another book or, you know. So, we’re ceding,

Can Big Tech and Privacy Coexist? | Carole Cadwalladr and Chris Anderson | TED · TED

So I have set up a Substack, and I will write a full account where I would love to be able to explain to people

Can Big Tech and Privacy Coexist? | Carole Cadwalladr and Chris Anderson | TED · TED

There's a great South African philosopher by the name of Steve Biko. He wrote an amazing book called "I Write What I Like." And in it, he says,

What Gets Lost When We Treat Conversations Like Transactions | Khaya Dlanga | TED · TED

of, you know, talking about this event and what might happen. You were just like, you're going to write a poem, and then we were like, well, can we have the text?

“Marigolds,” a Poem About Wonder | Safiya Sinclair | TED · TED

I'm in the supermarket I've got to go. I've got to go home, I've got to write. SS: Yeah, I mean, often it's very much like that

“Marigolds,” a Poem About Wonder | Safiya Sinclair | TED · TED

SS: Entirely different. I mean, when I began to write it, you heard me talk about poetry and the way that I write it.

“Marigolds,” a Poem About Wonder | Safiya Sinclair | TED · TED

I mean, when I began to write it, you heard me talk about poetry and the way that I write it. And it's like, very mystical.

“Marigolds,” a Poem About Wonder | Safiya Sinclair | TED · TED

It’s filled with a lot of uncertainty and doubt, waiting for the muse. It turns out you can't write a 350-page book that way. HW: No, I imagine.

“Marigolds,” a Poem About Wonder | Safiya Sinclair | TED · TED

And also a lesson in being edited, because usually I write a poem, and I give the poem to my editor, and they say,

“Marigolds,” a Poem About Wonder | Safiya Sinclair | TED · TED

and with my brother is that I decided to write a book. But it felt like I was exploiting them,

What Gets Lost When We Treat Conversations Like Transactions | Khaya Dlanga | TED · TED

and he's like man amanda we love your poetry we'd love to get you to write a poem about this subject but don't

Amanda Gorman: Using your voice is a political choice | TED · TED

who has the resources to be able to write who are we reading in our classrooms says a lot about the political and

Amanda Gorman: Using your voice is a political choice | TED · TED

yearning to be free so you see when someone asks me to write a poem that's not political what they're really

Amanda Gorman: Using your voice is a political choice | TED · TED

they call me i call them and one day i'll write a story right by writing it into tomorrow on this earth

Amanda Gorman: Using your voice is a political choice | TED · TED

And we can do this by treating DNA as a language: one that AI can learn to read, write and, ultimately, build. This idea led myself and a team of researchers

How AI Could Generate New Life-Forms | Eric Nguyen | TED · TED

and yet, at the same time, sensitive to the smallest mistakes. Imagine trying to write something the length of 30,000 books in a foreign language.

How AI Could Generate New Life-Forms | Eric Nguyen | TED · TED

Do we make small edits? Do we write entirely new chapters? Or do we one day design life itself?

How AI Could Generate New Life-Forms | Eric Nguyen | TED · TED

But there are plenty of things I have trouble understanding. So I write poems to figure things out. Sometimes the only way I know how to work through something

If I should have a daughter ... | Sarah Kay

Never mind the fact that I was 14. They told me, "Write about being 14." So I did and stood amazed every week

If I should have a daughter ... | Sarah Kay

And step three began when I realized I didn't have to write indignant poems, if that's not what I was.

If I should have a daughter ... | Sarah Kay

but the more that it felt like mine. It's not just the adage "Write what you know." It's about gathering up all of the knowledge and experience

If I should have a daughter ... | Sarah Kay

you have to trick teenagers into writing poetry. So I came up with lists. Everyone can write lists. And the first list that I assign

If I should have a daughter ... | Sarah Kay

was not convinced. Charlotte was very good at writing lists, but she refused to write any poems. "Miss," she'd say, "I'm just not interesting.

If I should have a daughter ... | Sarah Kay

I'm always trying to find the best way to tell each story. I write musicals; I make short films alongside my poems. But I teach spoken-word poetry

If I should have a daughter ... | Sarah Kay

that, by putting the things that she knows to be true into the work she's doing, she can create poems that only Charlotte can write, about eyeballs and elevators and Dora the Explorer.

If I should have a daughter ... | Sarah Kay

I keep trying, hoping that one day I'll write a poem I can be proud to let sit in a museum exhibit

If I should have a daughter ... | Sarah Kay

She reminded me once over dinner, as I was struggling to write that poem, that it is the artist's job

Black life at the intersection of birth and death | Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa

imagine that you are a conspiracy theorist trying to present a meme on the web. What would you write about TED in that case? It's that kind of thing, right?

The Urgent Risks of Runaway AI — and What to Do about Them | Gary Marcus | TED · TED

and started to research their lives, and then decided to write a book about it. And the burning question about Alma-Tadema

Natalie Merchant sings old poems to life

He burned all his poetry at the age of 24 and then did not write another poem for at least seven years because he couldn't rectify the life of a poet

Natalie Merchant sings old poems to life

And then you go to the "Prevent" column. In that column, you write down the answer to: What could I do to prevent each of these bullets from happening,

Why you should define your fears instead of your goals | Tim Ferriss | TED · TED

This is the real thing, so actually think of something. You can write it down if you want, or you can just keep it in your head. And now you've got that challenge in mind,

How to Tame Your Advice Monster | Michael Bungay Stanier | TED · TED

But in doing so, we forget our own agency in the matter. We write ourselves and our imaginations out of the pleasure equation. I had this hunch that my friend,

The Relationship Between Sex and Imagination | Gina Gutierrez | TED · TED

a student will call her over and she'll say, "I don't know what code to write." The teacher will look at her screen,

Teach girls bravery, not perfection | Reshma Saujani

Then we fold the printed layers, we string some motors and sensors. We write some code, and we get the bunny you see in this video. We can use this approach to make anything almost,

How AI Will Step Off the Screen and into the Real World | Daniela Rus | TED · TED

They took my name tag, but I wanted to ask you, did anyone here write their name on the tag in Arabic? Anyone! No one? All right, no problem.

Suzanne Talhouk: Don't kill your language

Let's start from this moment. Let's write a novel or produce a short film. A single novel could make us global again.

Suzanne Talhouk: Don't kill your language

either Arabic, English, French or Chinese. But don't write Arabic with Latin characters mixed with numbers! (Applause)

Suzanne Talhouk: Don't kill your language

and that's how it wrote. Or, how the oozy white stuff kept things dispersed so it could write. And as they were leaving the room,

How to spark your curiosity, scientifically | Nadya Mason

And she called, and she said, "I'm really struggling with how to write about you on the little flyer." And I thought, "Well, what's the struggle?"

The Power of Vulnerability | Brené Brown | TED · TED

running down to the sea. And I sat down, and I began to write, and write, and write,

Where Is Home? | Pico Iyer | TED · TED

And I sat down, and I began to write, and write, and write, even though I'd gone there really to get away from my desk.

Where Is Home? | Pico Iyer | TED · TED

I was also an early writer, and when I began to write, at about the age of seven, stories in pencil with crayon illustrations

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The Danger of a Single Story | TED · TED