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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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Annie Blackman, Allure, 28 June 2025
Each person was encouraged to write down and bring their ideas into the meeting, ensuring a diverse set of thoughts and avoiding premature consensus.
—Derek Richardson, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Sing the speech, speak the speech—write down the speech!
—Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
There are tangerine notepads scattered about, and she’s asked listeners to write down their initial impressions of the album.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
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Annie Blackman, Allure, 28 June 2025
Each person was encouraged to write down and bring their ideas into the meeting, ensuring a diverse set of thoughts and avoiding premature consensus.
—Derek Richardson, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Sing the speech, speak the speech—write down the speech!
—Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
There are tangerine notepads scattered about, and she’s asked listeners to write down their initial impressions of the album.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
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To reduce background noise when making phone calls or joining in with a video meeting, Headphone (1) has a 4-microphone ENC system that’s backed up by AI.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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As part of its strategy to reduce cancer rates, the European Commission aims to reduce tobacco use to less than 5% of the EU population by 2040.—
Lisa Klaassen,
CNN Money,
1 July 2025
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To share the story of your unsung hero with the Hidden Brain team, record a voice memo on your phone and send it to myunsunghero@hiddenbrain.org.—
Autumn Barnes,
NPR,
7 July 2025
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Thibodeaux is the first Giants defender since Jason Pierre-Paul (2010–2012) to record at least 21 sacks within his first three years in the league.—
Victor Williams,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
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Le Creuset Enameled Cast-Iron Signature Round Dutch Oven Le Creuset rarely goes on sale, so now is the time to scoop up one of its best-selling pieces while it's marked down.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
7 July 2025
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Grab it while it's marked down during the sale event.—
Erin Cavoto,
Travel + Leisure,
7 July 2025
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This means ensuring your AI only ingests information from verifiable sources, embedding tamper-evident seals to detect manipulation and implementing anomaly detection and immutable audit logs for continuous forensic traceability.—
Wendy Chin,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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Fast forward to present day, and he’s logged 298.2 innings in left, 210.1 innings in center, 177.1 innings in right and 11.1 innings at first.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
7 July 2025
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Two years on, Onana has been written off as a flop.—
Graham Ruthven,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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Pinpointing the Deals Buying in person has its perks, too, and can’t be written off completely.—
Julia Forbes,
Wired News,
28 June 2025
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Gi-hun reluctantly sets down the child and lets Myung-gi pick her up and bring her over to the third pillar.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
27 June 2025
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The 22-year-old, who recently won his fifth grand slam by coming from two sets down to beat Jannik Sinner in the longest French Open final in history, then had to fight back from 4-2 down in the third set, eventually sealing the win on his third match point.—
Matias Grez,
CNN Money,
20 June 2025
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More than half the cases were reported in New Mexico.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 July 2025
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Firefighters succeeded in protecting the park's main visitor center with a protective coating, but suffered losses to some equipment and outbuildings, the NPS reported.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
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But the listing was taken down by the time Leo emerged as the new pontiff.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
3 July 2025
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But there’s also a global conspiracy to take down NATO, and Air Force One is hijacked.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
3 July 2025
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