1
as in to reduce
to diminish the price or value of
a company forced to write down its assets
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2
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
The witness took a photo of Routh's car and wrote down all but the last digit of his license plate.
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Hannah Phillips, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Guests also had their names written down on name cards alongside drawings of cocktails and had the menu items on a sheet of paper, according to the guest.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Then write down all of your earnings.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
Copeland and Summers go on to say that this verbal agreement was formalized and written down in 1981.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
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Hannah Phillips, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Guests also had their names written down on name cards alongside drawings of cocktails and had the menu items on a sheet of paper, according to the guest.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Then write down all of your earnings.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
Copeland and Summers go on to say that this verbal agreement was formalized and written down in 1981.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for write down
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The weapon can also fly more than 45 miles to strike mobile targets, reducing the amount of time that aircrews spend in harm’s way.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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Robert Shapiro, a professor of government and public affairs at Columbia University, questioned whether the removal of social media would meaningfully reduce the likelihood of political violence.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
25 Sep. 2025
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One play after recording an interception, Casarez-McCampbell found senior Ben Thrun breaking free on a 40-yard touchdown catch.—
Frank Rajkowski,
Twin Cities,
27 Sep. 2025
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The previous week, Emily was at a sleepover at Heather’s house with Gretchen, when Gretchen, loosened up by shots of Fireball whiskey, revealed that Tamra once recorded a song, badly, according to Gretchen, with an unnamed boy band star that Gretchen claims Tamra got frisky with.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
27 Sep. 2025
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Several colors are on sale now, and the white clover style is marked down to the lowest price.—
Melody Kazel,
PEOPLE,
20 Sep. 2025
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Best Early Amazon Prime Day Shoe Deals Some of the comfiest walking shoes are marked down ahead of Prime Big Deals Days.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Sep. 2025
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In addition to recording passport information, the system will log precisely when travelers enter and exit the country and whether or not they’ve ever been refused entry.—
Bailey Berg,
AFAR Media,
24 Sep. 2025
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According to Jackpot Data, which is officially recording casinos' payouts logged for taxes and regulation, researchers ranked America’s casinos from the luckiest to least lucky, using the size of the highest jackpot ever recorded at each location.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Upon its release, Andrew Haigh’s masterpiece was unfairly written off by the gay community — either for being too slow or for being too white-centric.—
James Factora,
Them.,
26 Sep. 2025
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They are just written off largely.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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Alcaraz also won the 2025 French Open, coming back from two sets down to triumph over Sinner in what many are calling one of the greatest matches ever played.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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Like many of her Nashville castmates, Lennon set down permanent roots in the music city, taking PEOPLE inside her home in 2018.—
Avalon Hester,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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The company, which is also a supplier for Apple, is already developing a prototype of the device using ChatGPT large language models, The Information reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
22 Sep. 2025
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The same month as her son was discharged prematurely, the state of Colorado put West Springs under a conditional license for a series of problematic inspections, according to reporting from the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
22 Sep. 2025
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That’s all fine and dandy, but watching these two numbskulls, like Pinky and the Brain with lobotomies, try to take down Tamra is not fun.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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Here's everything to know about the former cartel kingpin's life 10 years after the FBI took down his global drug empire.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Write down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/write%20down. Accessed 28 Sep. 2025.
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