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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
Nothing can be written down, and no one can know everything, so much of the dialogue is a bewildering avalanche of codewords and code names.
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 18 May 2026
Processes that had previously lived in people’s heads began to get written down.
—Shivaas Gulati, Sportico.com, 12 May 2026
The Odyssey is based on the ancient Greek epic poem known as Homer's Odyssey, which is widely understood to have been passed down from generation to generation via oral storytelling before it was written down in full.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
Making bsissa—a tradition passed down through generations—is an art, yet nothing is measured or written down.
—Boutheina Ben Salem, Vogue, 8 May 2026
The Tripitaka had been passed down orally in India for centuries after the death of the Buddha before being written down in Sri Lanka about the 1st century bce.
—Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
Still, any word that's misheard or misunderstood will be written down incorrectly, so there’s no real way to find transcription errors after the fact.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
A lot of this stuff is not written down anywhere.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
There’s an element to it that can’t really be written down—Velvet Underground and things like that.
—Steve Appleford, SPIN, 6 Apr. 2026
Damon Wise, Deadline, 18 May 2026
Processes that had previously lived in people’s heads began to get written down.
—Shivaas Gulati, Sportico.com, 12 May 2026
The Odyssey is based on the ancient Greek epic poem known as Homer's Odyssey, which is widely understood to have been passed down from generation to generation via oral storytelling before it was written down in full.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
Making bsissa—a tradition passed down through generations—is an art, yet nothing is measured or written down.
—Boutheina Ben Salem, Vogue, 8 May 2026
The Tripitaka had been passed down orally in India for centuries after the death of the Buddha before being written down in Sri Lanka about the 1st century bce.
—Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
Still, any word that's misheard or misunderstood will be written down incorrectly, so there’s no real way to find transcription errors after the fact.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
A lot of this stuff is not written down anywhere.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
There’s an element to it that can’t really be written down—Velvet Underground and things like that.
—Steve Appleford, SPIN, 6 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for written down
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Bayard has a point in critiquing the attitude which maintains that engagement with literature can basically be reduced to an itinerary.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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The stadium typically operates at a capacity crowd of around 67,500 for NFL games, but that will be slightly reduced to approximately 65,827 for the World Cup.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Authorities reportedly fined him €500, or roughly $580 — and banned him from returning to the site, the outlet noted.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
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It should be noted that the media is not permitted to speak with the Fever’s medical staff about players’ injuries.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
Verb
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Lam said that, just as California's Three Strikes law has changed, so has the idea that people should be locked up and written off.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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Mood changes can be written off as stress.—
Samantha Agate,
Charlotte Observer,
15 May 2026
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Wilson's wedding-day look marked a notable shift for the Grammy-winning singer, who has previously spoken openly about her lifelong connection to bell-bottoms.—
Angelique Brenes,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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Daggett is also the gift shop manager at Midpoint Café in Adrian, which is hard to miss as it is marked by a sign that soars to the skies.—
Chelsea Torres,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
Verb
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The Supreme Court unanimously annulled the firing in December, but this has sunk the country only further into a constitutional crisis.—
Bernard Avishai,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Both ships are now sunk off the coast of Canada.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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Appearing in her fourth WNBA game, Johnson recorded 14 points and six rebounds in 28 minutes against the Fever.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Weaver and Devin Williams — the other former Yankees closer in the Mets’ bullpen — recorded the final nine outs in Saturday’s victory, which evened the Subway Series at one win apiece going into Sunday afternoon’s finale.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2026
Verb
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The Limitless Lash Mascara is especially worth grabbing while it’s marked down.—
Jeaneen Russell,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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But the same recalibration is now working its way through the credit stack, repricing the debt that financed the same companies whose equity has already been marked down.—
Steven Dudash,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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As the officers deployed what Wahl described as an active shooter response at the mosque and at an adjacent school, more gunfire was reported blocks away, the chief said.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
19 May 2026
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The death of the guard was first reported by the New York Times, citing the Ahmed Shabaik, the mosque’s chairman.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
19 May 2026
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“Written down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/written%20down. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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