How to Use write-down in a Sentence
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Shelving the movie put noses out of joint with talks of a potential tax write-down.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2025
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Shelving the movie put noses out of joint at the time with talks of a potential tax write-down.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 8 May 2025
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The decrease in cost is linked to lower inventory write-downs.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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In 2019, there was a $15 billion goodwill write-down.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Dalio said there was a write-down of debt at that time, alongside a hike in tariffs to boost revenue and a buildup of its domestic base.
—Sam Meredith,ernestine Siu, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2025
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The increase in cost ratio was partially due to a one-time non-cash inventory write-down.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 18 Dec. 2024
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Tapestry took an $855 million write-down on Kate Spade.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025
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Many more schools are being forced into similar write-downs as enrollment plummets.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 20 June 2026
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In financial parlance, this is what is known as a write-down and the studio gets an impairment charge equivalent to it.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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That reflected both the impact of higher tariffs and an inventory write-down a year ago.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Companies take a write-down, earnings reset and the business continues.
—Brian Anderson, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
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Iger has taken a play from David Zaslav’s book and the streamers have memory-holed a number of shows as tax write-downs.
—Vulture, 12 July 2023
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Moderna said the lack of demand for vaccine doses in Africa has led to more than $1 billion in losses and write-downs.
—Damian Garde, STAT, 12 Apr. 2024
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Holiday Haunt, which were abruptly pulled from WB's release schedule to take tax write-downs last year.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 13 Nov. 2023
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That includes $193 million in write-downs of unused doses of the Covid vaccine, among other costs.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2025
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Erasing original shows from their libraries can help streamers get tax write-downs and, to a smaller extent, save on residual payments.
—R.j. Rico, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2023
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Unfortunately mothering stalled out in post, and Netflix has decided to take the boots the house tax write-down.
—Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
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Disney, which also reported earnings this week, did not take a formal write-down on cable TV assets.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 9 Aug. 2024
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Last summer, the company took a $9 billion write-down to reflect the lower value of those basic cable channels.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Niles said Nvidia is coming off a major write-down and that Microsoft is turning a corner with its Azure business.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 27 June 2025
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In the years following the arrival of covid-19, China has been reluctant to grant loan write-downs or to restructure debts.
—Quartz, 3 Mar. 2023
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The loss of the NBA in part prompted a massive $9 billion write-down of linear television assets.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2024
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Lose enough, get relegated to a lower division, and you’ll be forced to lay off staff and take a write-down on your investment as your revenues drastically shrink.
—Andrés Martinez, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
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The Lime write-down was partly the result of Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks reducing weekly episodes from five to three.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
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This latest report simply confirmed the scale of the write-down and demonstrated that the damage was concentrated around one major strategic gamble.
—New Atlas, 18 May 2026
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Holiday Haunt, which were abruptly pulled from WB's release schedule for tax write-downs in 2023.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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The closure of Lime’s London base and a restructure of operations amounted to around £8M of the write-down.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
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The system is likely to be stressed later this year by the cratering of the commercial real estate market and the consequent write-downs of banks’ loans on these properties.
—Lawrence J. White, Fortune, 24 July 2023
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Kraft Heinz write-down Most notably, Berkshire took a rare write-down of its underperforming Kraft Heinz stake.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025
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Last year, Ford confirmed a $400 million write-down after scrapping plans to launch an all-electric three-row SUV.
—Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Sep. 2025
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Then write down all of your earnings.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
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None of these rules are written down.
—Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 22 June 2026
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The doctor wrote down some notes.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
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Students write down a pledge not to cheat.
—Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
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But the thought of writing down the recipes made sense.
—Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
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Mark the bite area with a pen and write down the time of the snake strike.
—Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Once a day, write down three small ways your partner showed up.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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Check the clock when your power goes out and write down the time.
—Vanessa Swales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2021
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A lot of this stuff is not written down anywhere.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
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Saved to write down the questions for my kiddos!
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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This is not something that was like written down in the scene.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
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Start by having each of you write down all the jobs the other does.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2024
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Instead, his nephew asked for my notebook and wrote down a name.
—Peter Gwin, WSJ, 19 June 2018
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Who hasn't been waiting for a time to write down their life story?
—Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, 12 Mar. 2020
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When an actor reads that, that’s a dream to see that written down.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2020
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On the back, write a prompt for each day, then write down your kids' answers each night.
—Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Dec. 2024
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Complete the look with gloves and a folder to write down all of your clues.
—Larry Stansbury, Good Housekeeping, 12 Oct. 2021
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That being said, judges are allowed to keep a binder to write down clues.
—Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2022
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That being said, judges are allowed to keep a binder to write down clues.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
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See what the songs bring up for you, and write down whatever comes to mind.
—Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 May 2024
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Name the terms, write down the agreement, and ask what still feels unclear.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026
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Staff will write down your name, address and phone number and time of check in.
—Teri Webster, Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2021
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Weren’t there rules written down somewhere, and didn’t this break them?
—Brooke Jarvis, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2019
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Build your dream, craft your vision, write down your goals and create a plan.
—Harvey MacKay, Star Tribune, 15 Nov. 2020
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But write down that master password and hide it in a safe place, just in case.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
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When in doubt, write down your core goals to ensure they don’t get overlooked.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026
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The woman with the child wrote down his tag number, which led to the take down.
—Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
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His wife wrote down seven or eight of them on a list, and Besler got to work.
—Sam McDowell, kansascity, 26 Jan. 2018
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Police found a ledger with states written down for pick-up and drop-off sites for dogs.
—Sarah Nelson, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
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Not quite 2,000 years ago, Galen wrote down this very recipe.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 19 Feb. 2026
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