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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
Sheriff tells residents to 'write down' Harris supporter addresses in September
Rodgers' comments come two months after an Ohio county sheriff took to social media to seemingly request the addresses of homes with front yard signs supporting Harris.
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Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
As a result of the write down, CDL posted a S$1.9 billion net loss in 2020, its worst performance in its six-decade history.
—Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery recently wrote down the value of their cable channel segments by billions of dollars.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Attendees passed around a film camera documenting their conversational outfits and writing down the story of their favorite pieces on parchment paper to accompany their Polaroid.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
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Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
As a result of the write down, CDL posted a S$1.9 billion net loss in 2020, its worst performance in its six-decade history.
—Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery recently wrote down the value of their cable channel segments by billions of dollars.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Attendees passed around a film camera documenting their conversational outfits and writing down the story of their favorite pieces on parchment paper to accompany their Polaroid.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for write down
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While noting that many Arizona cities have drastically reduced their per capita water demand, Goddard argued that cities will eventually need to find water-sharing arrangements with farms so that cities can pay farmers to use their water in dry times.Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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Some items that normally retail for upwards of $500 have been reduced to $99 or less.John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
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The company recorded a bargain purchase gain of $3,942,000 from the acquisition of the Rhode Island Companies.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Bystanders are discouraged or prevented from recording, restricting the how many of these interactions appear on social media.Hannah Peart, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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There’s more, too, with some sets marked down to $23.Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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Amazon typically sells it for $159, but for Prime Day, it's marked down to $109.Tony Hoffman, PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024
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Ribbons marked the edge of the area that will be logged.April Ehrlich, ProPublica, 12 Nov. 2024
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Elon Musk, not Melania or Kimberly Guilfoyle, appears in curious new Trump family photo A bigfoot ‘sighting’ report was logged in Connecticut.Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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While national polls continue to forecast a race far too close to predict, Harris was found to be leading Trump in Iowa, an unexpected reversal for Democrats and Republicans who have all but written off the state’s presidential contest as a certain Trump victory.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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The Slough House spies are too prickly and vulnerable to be written off so easily.Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
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Javier Bardem, currently starring in his first television series in Netflix’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, is setting down the river for more TV work.Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2024
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Once, my cruise ship roommate set down her purse on a chair next to her at a sidewalk cafe and didn’t even notice when a quick thief snagged it.Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
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The filing reports that the company had no revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, and 2023.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 20 Nov. 2024
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Trump made nearly 20 appearances on Fox between August 2024 and the November election, Axios' Sara Fischer reports.Avery Lotz, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
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The current probability of the benchmark rate being taken down by another 25 basis points at the December meeting is 78%.Natasha Turak,Matt Clinch, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
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Daryl has the unpleasant task of taking down two people who aren’t hallucinating: Angus and Fiona, the Scottish couple, who turn on Daryl to take the gas masks and save themselves.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
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