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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
Steps like clearing a workspace together or writing down all pressing tasks can make the first step ridiculously small and naturally build momentum.
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Ana Homayoun, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
But here events were hap- pening before the camera first; being written down, constructed into a script, after.
—Susan Sontag, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2025
Each orientation can be written down as a collection of rotation angles.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
But the thought of writing down the recipes made sense.
—Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
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Ana Homayoun, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
But here events were hap- pening before the camera first; being written down, constructed into a script, after.
—Susan Sontag, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2025
Each orientation can be written down as a collection of rotation angles.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
But the thought of writing down the recipes made sense.
—Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for write down
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Tax rises would likely act as another damper on inflation by reducing consumer demand.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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Researchers also stressed that the synergistic effect of K+ and C3N4 co-intercalation lowers the energy barrier, reduces the electrostatic interaction, and enhances the kinetics and structural stability.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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Dak Brinkley shows pass rushing ability KU freshman defensive end Dak Brinkley recorded the first two sacks of his college career on back-to-back plays in the second quarter.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
9 Nov. 2025
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The Hornets have recorded five or more sacks five times this season.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Maybe pecans are pricey this year but walnuts aren’t, or short ribs are marked down while tenderloin costs double.—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
11 Nov. 2025
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And Microsoft just marked down the value of its investment in OpenAI in an accounting move that implies OpenAI lost $12 billion in the most recent quarter.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
11 Nov. 2025
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San Diego County jails have logged more than 3,300 bookings on low-level drug and theft charges since a new state law, Proposition 36, took effect and turned what had been misdemeanor crimes into felonies.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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At one point earlier this summer, Grow a Garden accounted for more than two-thirds of the ~30 million players logged into Roblox.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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Foxworth stayed on the show until she was written off in the fourth season, and her character disappeared altogether.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov. 2025
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With each dramatic turn the show has taken, several fan-favorite characters have been written off the show.—
Dana Rose Falcone,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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The prestigious brand setting down roots in Nashville marks a new chapter in the city's evolution as a top-tier retail hotspot and destination of global cultural importance, business reporter Molly Davis writes.—
Amber Roberson,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Oct. 2025
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Shortly after the Game 3 loss, Varland set down his hat and walked out of the visitor’s clubhouse.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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Back in 1915, Phys reported, a team excavated Margaret Island in Budapest and discovered the remains of a young man in a Dominican monastery.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Nov. 2025
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And as Semafor previously reported, Axel Springer’s top target internally is the Wall Street Journal, should the company ever be able to pry it out of NewsCorp’s hands.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Many women with natural hair can empathize with the breakage concerns and tediousness that can arise when taking down protective styles.—
Caché McClay,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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The Panama Papers blew open the hidden world of offshore finance and took down several world leaders.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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