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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
This involves setting a timer for 15 minutes and writing down every worrying thought that comes to mind until the time is up, then shutting the journal.
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Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2025
While writing down lists may not work for everyone, and journaling may seem like yet another task to complete, Sandbech believes your mind deserves the same opportunity for self-care as any other part of your body.
—Asif Burhan, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Attendees were asked to write down their questions and submit them to city staff for consideration.
—Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Sep. 2025
In each game, Fleck uses a thick black pen to write down coaching points in a yellow notebook.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
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Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2025
While writing down lists may not work for everyone, and journaling may seem like yet another task to complete, Sandbech believes your mind deserves the same opportunity for self-care as any other part of your body.
—Asif Burhan, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Attendees were asked to write down their questions and submit them to city staff for consideration.
—Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Sep. 2025
In each game, Fleck uses a thick black pen to write down coaching points in a yellow notebook.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
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Now, many employers are looking to harness the power of AI—initially for mundane and repetitive tasks and eventually for more complicated jobs—to reduce the need to maintain the same level of human staffers on their payrolls.—
Jason Del Rey,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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And drivers can reduce the risk of their cars being hit.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Oct. 2025
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As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
12 Oct. 2025
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In Edgewater, in Volusia County, water in the Intracoastal pushed up into low-lying neighborhoods and the city recorded as much as 7 inches of rain, the city stated in a news release.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
11 Oct. 2025
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Automet Wide-Leg Sweatpants These Automet wide-leg bottoms are Amazon’s best-selling sweatpants overall, and they’re currently marked down to $20.—
Melony Forcier,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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It’s currently marked down to $225).—
Kristine Thomason,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Oct. 2025
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That game is currently logged as a forfeit on the high school sports tracking website MaxPreps.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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The format has logged more than 210 games and attracted tourism board sponsorships from Turkey and Greece.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
15 Oct. 2025
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What exactly was the charm of these books which critics had written off initially as being unimaginative and derivative?—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Oct. 2025
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While that would be a major surprise, the possibility cannot be written off.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 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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After straightforward wins over Katie Boulter and Zhang Shuai, Anisimova came from a set down in back-to-back matches against Karolina Muchová and Jasmine Paolini.—
Frank Nunns O'Connell,
CNN Money,
6 Oct. 2025
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In 2024, the department reported it was budgeted for 1,937 officers, but had a little over 1,600 positions filled.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Oct. 2025
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Released hostages later reported seeing him alive, and in May 2025 Hamas released a video showing him alongside fellow hostage Elkana Buchbut.—
Itay Stern,
NPR,
13 Oct. 2025
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The Los Angeles Dodgers took down the Philadelphia Phillies, 3-1, in the National League Division Series.—
Valentina Martinez,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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The governor also appeared to have briefly published an ActBlue page announcing her Senate run, but that page has been taken down as well.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Oct. 2025
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