How to Use write-down in a Sentence

write-down

1 of 2 noun

• Shelving the movie put noses out of joint with talks of a potential tax write-down.
  — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
• 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
• The decrease in cost is linked to lower inventory write-downs.
  — Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
• In 2019, there was a $15 billion goodwill write-down.
  — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
• 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
• The increase in cost ratio was partially due to a one-time non-cash inventory write-down.
  — Quartz Bot, Quartz, 18 Dec. 2024
• Tapestry took an $855 million write-down on Kate Spade.
  — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025
• Many more schools are being forced into similar write-downs as enrollment plummets.
  — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 20 June 2026
• 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
• That reflected both the impact of higher tariffs and an inventory write-down a year ago.
  — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
• Companies take a write-down, earnings reset and the business continues.
  — Brian Anderson, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
• 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
• 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
• 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
• That includes $193 million in write-downs of unused doses of the Covid vaccine, among other costs.
  — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2025
• 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
• Unfortunately mothering stalled out in post, and Netflix has decided to take the boots the house tax write-down.
  — Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
• Disney, which also reported earnings this week, did not take a formal write-down on cable TV assets.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 9 Aug. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The loss of the NBA in part prompted a massive $9 billion write-down of linear television assets.
  — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Holiday Haunt, which were abruptly pulled from WB's release schedule for tax write-downs in 2023.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2025
• 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
• 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
• Kraft Heinz write-down Most notably, Berkshire took a rare write-down of its underperforming Kraft Heinz stake.
  — Yun Li, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025
• 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

write down

2 of 2 verb

• Then write down all of your earnings.
  — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
• None of these rules are written down.
  — Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 22 June 2026
• The doctor wrote down some notes.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
• Students write down a pledge not to cheat.
  — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
• But the thought of writing down the recipes made sense.
  — Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
• Mark the bite area with a pen and write down the time of the snake strike.
  — Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2025
• Once a day, write down three small ways your partner showed up.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
• Check the clock when your power goes out and write down the time.
  — Vanessa Swales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2021
• A lot of this stuff is not written down anywhere.
  — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
• Saved to write down the questions for my kiddos!
  — Jordan Greene, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
• This is not something that was like written down in the scene.
  — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
• Start by having each of you write down all the jobs the other does.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2024
• Instead, his nephew asked for my notebook and wrote down a name.
  — Peter Gwin, WSJ, 19 June 2018
• Who hasn't been waiting for a time to write down their life story?
  — Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, 12 Mar. 2020
• When an actor reads that, that’s a dream to see that written down.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2020
• 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
• Complete the look with gloves and a folder to write down all of your clues.
  — Larry Stansbury, Good Housekeeping, 12 Oct. 2021
• That being said, judges are allowed to keep a binder to write down clues.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2022
• See what the songs bring up for you, and write down whatever comes to mind.
  — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 May 2024
• Name the terms, write down the agreement, and ask what still feels unclear.
  — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026
• Staff will write down your name, address and phone number and time of check in.
  — Teri Webster, Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2021
• Weren’t there rules written down somewhere, and didn’t this break them?
  — Brooke Jarvis, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2019
• Build your dream, craft your vision, write down your goals and create a plan.
  — Harvey MacKay, Star Tribune, 15 Nov. 2020
• But write down that master password and hide it in a safe place, just in case.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
• When in doubt, write down your core goals to ensure they don’t get overlooked.
  — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026
• The woman with the child wrote down his tag number, which led to the take down.
  — Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
• His wife wrote down seven or eight of them on a list, and Besler got to work.
  — Sam McDowell, kansascity, 26 Jan. 2018
• Police found a ledger with states written down for pick-up and drop-off sites for dogs.
  — Sarah Nelson, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
• Not quite 2,000 years ago, Galen wrote down this very recipe.
  — Ari Daniel, NPR, 19 Feb. 2026
• Ask people to write down their feedback and bring it to a staff meeting.
  — Gary Hamel, Quartz at Work, 17 Aug. 2020