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as in reduced
to diminish the price or value of
a company forced to write down its assets
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as in noted
to make a written note of
write down what you remember about that day
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Recent Examples of written down
In fact, Herrington said, many of the principles didn’t even get written down until 2002, about eight years after the company was founded.
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026
The only item that was written down in his will was John’s beloved scrimshaw set—sailor’s carvings made from whales’ teeth.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 12 Feb. 2026
Cryptographers, however, have long understood that zero-knowledge proofs can’t safely be written down like a typical mathematical proof.
—Peter Hall, Scientific American, 11 Feb. 2026
Well, Rob could have not thrown me under the bus, and just written down my name at the roundtable.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Feb. 2026
By the sixth century BCE, when the Hebrew Bible was written down, the sources of their great wealth are listed as silver, iron, tin and lead; many of these were to be found in the western Mediterranean, in Spain (tin, silver) and in Etruria (iron ore, copper).
—Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
Knowledge here is passed informally, not written down.
—Parin Moradiya, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
It's not written down anywhere.
—Kylie Gilbert, InStyle, 6 Jan. 2026
First written down in 1632, Galileo was thinking about a passenger aboard a ship in the lower decks.
—Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
Sydney Lake, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026
The only item that was written down in his will was John’s beloved scrimshaw set—sailor’s carvings made from whales’ teeth.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 12 Feb. 2026
Cryptographers, however, have long understood that zero-knowledge proofs can’t safely be written down like a typical mathematical proof.
—Peter Hall, Scientific American, 11 Feb. 2026
Well, Rob could have not thrown me under the bus, and just written down my name at the roundtable.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Feb. 2026
By the sixth century BCE, when the Hebrew Bible was written down, the sources of their great wealth are listed as silver, iron, tin and lead; many of these were to be found in the western Mediterranean, in Spain (tin, silver) and in Etruria (iron ore, copper).
—Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
Knowledge here is passed informally, not written down.
—Parin Moradiya, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
It's not written down anywhere.
—Kylie Gilbert, InStyle, 6 Jan. 2026
First written down in 1632, Galileo was thinking about a passenger aboard a ship in the lower decks.
—Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for written down
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As Russia reduced flows, prices spiked, pushing up energy bills and helping fuel a cost of living crisis.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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Ultimately, the report states, about 1% of the district’s more than 83,000 employees are likely to lose a job or have their pay reduced.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Making Chinese devices in Europe will also help to alleviate Europe’s security concerns, Yu noted.—
Xiaoying You,
semafor.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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Nowak noted that while generative AI will create new products, these early agentic travel products are developing differently than investors had necessarily expected.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
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There’s no winner in this current messy situation, but Elliott should not be written off.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Net charge-offs refer to the amount of debt a bank has written off as uncollectible, minus any recoveries; a decline is a good thing.—
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CNBC,
23 Jan. 2026
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Fried, who served as ambassador to Poland from 1997 to 2000, said the incidents marked a departure from how diplomacy is traditionally conducted.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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Developing the model marked, in some sense, the culmination of a six-decade enterprise of improving the accuracy of climate models by increasing the resolution of the computer simulation.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Feb. 2026
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Hansson said experts believe that after serving in the navy, the ship was sunk around 1640 to use as a foundation for a new bridge to the island of Kastellholmen.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
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In a sign of how bitter relations have sunk, in January star Bangladeshi cricketer Mustafizur Rahman had his Indian Premier League contract abruptly canceled, prompting Dhaka to ban broadcasts of the league in retaliation.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
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Suarez recorded a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds while also showing up on the defensive end.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Feb. 2026
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In court documents, federal officials argue that Bennett recorded the Raven Rock complex from within the restricted airspace.—
Winston Rogers,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Feb. 2026
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Oh, and the fact they’re currently marked down to $30 doesn’t hurt either.—
Melony Forcier,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Feb. 2026
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Available in a petite-friendly inseam, these loose, straight-leg jeans are marked down to just $26.—
Melony Forcier,
InStyle,
17 Feb. 2026
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In the days leading up to the Olympics men's hockey final, FBI spokesman Ben Williamson clashed with several news outlets that had reported Patel had used the government jet to fly to Italy with plans to attend hockey games at the Olympics.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Feb. 2026
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As of Monday evening, there have been no tragedies reported in relation to the storm, Hooley said.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Written down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/written%20down. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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