1
as in to reduce
to diminish the price or value of
a company forced to write down its assets
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as in to record
to make a written note of
write down what you remember about that day
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Recent Examples of write down
Each day, write down three things that went well and why.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
The biggest thing that stood out was the way that for the first 200 years of the art form, there was nothing written down.
—Zoe G. Phillips, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2025
Afterwards, Fiennes’ character sits in front of everyone and quietly reads aloud the names everyone anonymously wrote down.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 22 Apr. 2025
After exactly two years at the club, Player A is sold to Club Y for £40m. The player’s accounting value at that time is £30m, being the original £50m written down by two years of £10m annual amortisation.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
The biggest thing that stood out was the way that for the first 200 years of the art form, there was nothing written down.
—Zoe G. Phillips, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2025
Afterwards, Fiennes’ character sits in front of everyone and quietly reads aloud the names everyone anonymously wrote down.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 22 Apr. 2025
After exactly two years at the club, Player A is sold to Club Y for £40m. The player’s accounting value at that time is £30m, being the original £50m written down by two years of £10m annual amortisation.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for write down
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An estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said the proposals would reduce the number of people with health care by at least 7.6 million from the Medicaid changes, and possibly more with other changes to the Affordable Care Act.—
Kevin Freking,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2025
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In Sacramento, California, the weather service warned its office would have reduced staffing overnight.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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The longest humpback whale migration ever recorded was 8,106 miles, from South America to Africa, though more typical distances are around 5,000 miles.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 May 2025
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In 2018 Amazon’s Alexa recorded a married couple’s conversation about hardwood floors and sent it to one of the husband’s employees.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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Originally $39, it’s marked down to just $16, or about the cost of a coffee and croissant at the airport.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
19 May 2025
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Parents and kids of all ages can read up on the family and their adventures with these Peppa Pig book sets, which are all currently marked down on Amazon.—
Tim Chan,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2025
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The best way to do this is to log your experiences, areas of growth, and everyday insights in a journal throughout the summer.—
Christopher Rim,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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The show logged receipts of Joe Schoen’s and the organization’s ineptitude in handing an MVP candidate and 2,000-yard rusher to their arch-rival, setting the Eagles up to win a Super Bowl.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
21 May 2025
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Those paying attention to Arsenal know that despite their injuries and tactical problems this season, they shouldn’t be written off.—
Julia Ranney,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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Most 100-game losers are written off and seldom get to work with better players in a better situation.—
Chuck Murr,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Now, Apple has brought this training data set down to just 10 phrases whilst also providing a more authentic match to the original voice.—
Gus Alexiou,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Wednesday, Suarez set down the Angels in order after Alek Jacob and Adrián Morejón worked their own scoreless innings.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2025
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However, new cases were reported in October 2024 in Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras, the CDC said.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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This revelation, which was reported in mid-April in a Forbes post, caused panic among borrowers.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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The Celtics spent the season as the defending champs that everyone wanted to take down.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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The show stars Josh Holloway of Lost fame, as Jim Ellis, a getaway driver who ends up helping the first black female FBI Agent, Nina Hayes (Rachel Hilson) to take down a powerful crime syndicate.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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