1
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
Berkshire wrote down a loss of $3.8 billion from its Kraft Heinz stake, a longtime underperformer for the conglomerate.
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Yun Li, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2025
This remains a political handshake that now needs to be written down and implemented.
—Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Typically, jurors are instructed to write down their questions after a witness testifies.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 22 July 2025
Never written down, our knowledge was lifted and passed from one to the other through our singing, through the beat of a drum.
—Tanya Talaga
july 24, Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
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Yun Li, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2025
This remains a political handshake that now needs to be written down and implemented.
—Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Typically, jurors are instructed to write down their questions after a witness testifies.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 22 July 2025
Never written down, our knowledge was lifted and passed from one to the other through our singing, through the beat of a drum.
—Tanya Talaga
july 24, Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for write down
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The Work Ethic Camp was opened in 2001 and initially designed to reduce prison overcrowding, according to a Nebraska legislative report, providing the incarcerated with life skills training, substance abuse treatment and work experience.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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The bacterium, residing harmlessly in the guts of laboratory and fetal mice, reduced accumulation of mercury, the researchers said.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Aug. 2025
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Officials recorded the first infestation in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 2014.—
Katie Nixon,
The Tennessean,
25 Aug. 2025
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That’s the highest age the National Association of Realtors has ever recorded.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
24 Aug. 2025
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Magnetic Portable Charger This MagSafe-compatible wireless charger is marked down to just $24 for Prime members, and Amazon reviewers are calling it a game-changer.—
Becca Blond,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Aug. 2025
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Because furniture, decor, and storage are all marked down as part of Wayfair’s Labor Day sales.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
23 Aug. 2025
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Before the Great Fire of 1910, catastrophic fires followed logging from east to west, and debates surrounding fire suppression were happening well before 1910.—
River Selby
August 25,
Literary Hub,
25 Aug. 2025
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This creates multitask agency costs as IT teams may devote more effort to visible deliverables (e.g., working chatbot) than invisible safeguards (e.g., audit logging).—
Anjana Susarla,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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He was recently written off of television with a storyline injury at the hands of Karrion Kross and the dominant faction led by Seth Rollins.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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There’s been plenty of industry speculation that New Paramount will do the same with most, if not all, of its cable holdings, if only to please the Wall Street wizards who long ago wrote off traditional TV.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
31 July 2025
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The pair took full advantage and ground their way in the final from the top half, setting down Wazir & Blanco in the semis with a come-from-behind win.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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The new work sets down a new path altogether: rather than searching for hidden gems in familiar territory, the generative AI platform starts from scratch, conjuring entirely new molecular structures absent from any database.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
14 Aug. 2025
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Earlier this month, permission was granted for minor internal and external alterations at the property, PA reported, citing redacted planning applications lodged with the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
17 Aug. 2025
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The World Economic Forum reports that on average, workers can expect that two-fifths (39%) of their existing skill sets will be transformed or become outdated over the 2025–2030 period.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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The last post before the page was taken down was an invitation to join the group on a new format, likely Telegram, Strappato said.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN Money,
22 Aug. 2025
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Trained from childhood to be a lethal assassin by her father Erik Heller (Eric Bana), a former CIA operative, Hanna has been prepared for a single mission: to leave the forest and take down woman who killed her mother, Marissa Wiegler (Cate Blanchett).—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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