How to Use write-off in a Sentence

write-off

1 of 2 noun

• Is keeping debt around good for write-offs?
  — Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
• But the van was still a write-off, and one passenger lost his legs.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
• There is also this trend where films are not getting released for a tax write-off.
  — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2024
• City, in contrast, trudge on through a season that is not far off a total write-off.
  — Phil Hay, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
• The film will never be released so the company can get a tax write-off.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 10 Mar. 2023
• Each denial should become a training signal rather than a write-off.
  — Venkata Ramya Ganti, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
• Any hope to make up the amount through donations would face a steep road as donors could no longer use such gifts as a tax write-off.
  — Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
• That’s going to be critical because this season is a bit of a write-off.
  — Sam Lee, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
• That bill still lives, but it was amended to expand a utility bill write-off for restaurants.
  — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 13 May 2026
• Even something as mundane as office supplies can qualify as a write-off.
  — Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 22 Feb. 2025
• Every single major section, from the cockpit to the engines, is a write-off.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 11 July 2023
• Duffield believes that Coyote can make money — certainly more than the tax write-off.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Nov. 2023
• William Shakespeare finds himself in a write-off with his wife, Anne Hathaway.
  — Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2026
• Forty-four percent of pet parents wished there were more tax benefits for pet parents, such as write-offs and tax credits.
  — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2025
• But 24-hour racing is really hard, and the race wasn't a write-off for Toyota.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 5 June 2024
• The crew may have bailed out following the strike, but the $20-million launcher is a total write-off.
  — David Axe, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
• And to those who wonder whether generous contributions assist the wealthy with tax write-offs?
  — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 13 May 2025
• One investor asked why the Suzano joint venture is considered a write-off or impairment.
  — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 28 Aug. 2025
• Why should a 66-year-old homeowner get a write-off, but not a 64-year-old homeowner?
  — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
• Ever the sassy songwriter, Musgraves handles these specters like a pro with witty write-offs.
  — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2026
• Your old unwanted vehicle, running or not, is a potential tax write-off.
  — Michelle Sund, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025
• At the time it was widely assumed to have been shelved as a tax write-off and the news inspired some volatile responses from the industry.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
• The value lies not in predicting write-offs, but in preventing them entirely.
  — Vivek Thomas, Forbes.com, 6 Feb. 2026
• Holiday Haunt in order to receive a $30 million tax write-off.
  — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2026
• If sales of these high-volume chips to China resume, reversing some of this write-off could enhance earnings.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
• Orsted has taken a $4 billion write-off and canceled two large offshore wind projects in New Jersey.
  — Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• The conglomerate opted to take a $30 million tax write-off instead.
  — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2025
• Shell said first-quarter exploration well write-offs were expected to be around $100 million.
  — Chloe Taylor,jenni Reid, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
• With that insurance, you'll reportedly be covered for theft of the whole bike, theft of components and the cost of a total write-off.
  — New Atlas, 5 July 2025
• The write-off will reduce or eliminate the taxable income for millions of Americans.
  — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2025

write off

2 of 2 verb

• Don't write off this recipe too quick!
  — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
• Mood changes can be written off as stress.
  — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2026
• The third quarter net-write off rate was flat.
  — Kevin Stankiewicz,matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
• At that point, Richert was written off the show.
  — Meg Walters, InStyle, 2 Apr. 2026
• Don’t write off a listing with bad photos.
  — Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
• But don’t write off this partywear trope too soon.
  — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
• Rail lines once written off as relics are stirring back to life.
  — Chelsea Haney october 25, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
• Each one showed up mid-stride, and each one was easy to write off as being out of shape.
  — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026
• They are just written off largely.
  — David Remnick, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
• Does debt simply get written off?
  — Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
• He was written off the final episodes of the Fox show.
  — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 22 Aug. 2025
• Best canvas tote bags Don’t write off a canvas tote.
  — Abby Morgan Lebet, Glamour, 16 Dec. 2025
• Still, the poor results cannot be fully written off as bad luck.
  — Peter Baugh, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
• Davies has not been written off for the World Cup — far from it.
  — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
• The mistake is writing off these sayings as coach speak.
  — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
• But folks aren’t writing off Clemson now.
  — Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
• When consumers fail to repay their loans for a long time, banks write off the bad debt as a loss.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024
• Win Scutt, for his part, isn’t ready to write off King Arthur just yet.
  — Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2022
• In that world, he’s been written off as old, washed, and a bastion of a game that’s passed him by.
  — Sam Blum, New York Times, 15 May 2026
• Like, at first glance, they’re completely written off.
  — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
• The thing that’s trying to come through you right now might feel safer to down play, or write off as a passing whim.
  — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026
• For weeks, the Pistons were written off as a feel-good story.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
• For YouTube, the loss could be written off with a shoulder shrug.
  — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
• Most of the media, though not all, wrote off the lab-leak theory, for instance.
  — David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
• His character was written off the sixth season of the show, and two episodes had to be scrapped.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
• But far larger amounts that would be written off over the next 10 years have been put on hold for now.
  — Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 June 2024
• This doesn’t mean that Chong’s fifth stab at the helm should be written off so easily.
  — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
• But Tottenham can’t be written off just yet.
  — Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
• Be cautious — but don’t write off rattlesnakes as vicious, the experts say.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
• Narrative podcasts couldn’t be written off as a fad.
  — Eric Benson, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025