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as in to dismiss
to express scornfully one's low opinion of
most critics have already written off that director as a hack incapable of turning out anything but schlock
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as in to reduce
to diminish the price or value of
that one blunder will write off to nothing all the goodwill we've been building up
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Recent Examples of write off
Is equipment financing tax deductible? Section 179 of the IRS Tax Code lets businesses write off all or part of the cost of purchasing equipment for the business.
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Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
The city will also start taking legal action to collect late payments, but any debt more than two years old is likely to be written off, Riper wrote.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
Without action from Congress, the TCJA will expire at the end of 2025 and borrowers will be able to write off either loan no matter how the money is spent.
—Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
Both individuals and corporations would have been able to write off up to $1 million on their state income taxes, and the program could have cost the state up to $25 million in its first year of implementation.
—Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 29 Oct. 2024
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Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
The city will also start taking legal action to collect late payments, but any debt more than two years old is likely to be written off, Riper wrote.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
Without action from Congress, the TCJA will expire at the end of 2025 and borrowers will be able to write off either loan no matter how the money is spent.
—Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
Both individuals and corporations would have been able to write off up to $1 million on their state income taxes, and the program could have cost the state up to $25 million in its first year of implementation.
—Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 29 Oct. 2024
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Some critics of President Biden may dismiss his recent apology of the federal Indian boarding schools as a strategy to win votes in what was a tight presidential election race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2024
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But other Republicans push back on the criticism of Selzer, saying the campaign should not outright dismiss the poll’s findings.Julia Manchester, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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Roofing contractors said good roofs with years of life left are being replaced ahead of schedule to allow insurers to reduce their risk going forward.Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Opened in 1956, Sunnyvale High School, the city’s second public high school, worked to achieve collaboration between students and educators, aiming to reduce violence and enrich the curriculum during the interracial tension that marked the 1960s and ’70s.Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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In contrast, the single-bore method minimizes street-level disruption.Dan Phan, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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This method, which is based on the idea of moving to where the hottest deer sign and action can be found, is used by many hunters who decide to minimize their hunting gear footprint and overall carry weight.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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Think big and then write down ideas for manifesting those dreams.Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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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.Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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But now, arrivals have diminished significantly, and officials closed the city’s last migrant shelter last month.Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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As new ways become familiar, employees recognize their advantages, and resistance gradually diminishes.Peter Follows, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Quartz’s Rocio Fabbro runs down Powell’s limited chatter about it.Melvin Backman, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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In the end, Manchester United was able to run down the remainder of the clock, end its six-year trophy wait – the club’s longest wait for a major trophy since 1983 – and possibly usher in a new era at the club.Ben Church, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
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In the aftermath,Tammany leaders played down their ambitions and put on demure faces in public.Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
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Television’s tendency to play down to the masses — manipulating our individual needs for attention, for agreement, or simply to win — is an insuperable problem at this particular, shameless moment in pop culture.Armond White, National Review, 16 Oct. 2024
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Does your party have a disdain problem in talking down to working class voters in particular?CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2024
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Gargoyles Few cartoons are as recognized for their mature storytelling as Gargoyles, a prime example of not talking down to a young audience.Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
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