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as in dismissed
to express scornfully one's low opinion of
most critics have already written off that director as a hack incapable of turning out anything but schlock
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as in reduced
to diminish the price or value of
that one blunder will write off to nothing all the goodwill we've been building up
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Recent Examples of written off
Without such laws, cases like Swinson’s are often written off, Pooler told the AJC last year.
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Allie Gross, AJC.com, 24 Feb. 2026
And while the off-brand Elmo charging $20 for a photo might fit the bill, the entire neighborhood shouldn’t be written off.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2026
Dane became a fixture of the medical drama from seasons 3 through 9, when his character was written off, dying from injuries sustained in a plane crash.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
The money employers spend to offer health coverage to their employees can be written off as a business expense.
—Julie Appleby, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
This can’t be written off as a post-pandemic idiosyncrasy.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2026
There’s no winner in this current messy situation, but Elliott should not be written off.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Entire markets or asset classes can be written off based on broad narratives, even though conditions vary significantly at the neighborhood or asset level.
—James Nelson, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Does debt simply get written off?
—Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
Allie Gross, AJC.com, 24 Feb. 2026
And while the off-brand Elmo charging $20 for a photo might fit the bill, the entire neighborhood shouldn’t be written off.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2026
Dane became a fixture of the medical drama from seasons 3 through 9, when his character was written off, dying from injuries sustained in a plane crash.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
The money employers spend to offer health coverage to their employees can be written off as a business expense.
—Julie Appleby, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
This can’t be written off as a post-pandemic idiosyncrasy.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2026
There’s no winner in this current messy situation, but Elliott should not be written off.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Entire markets or asset classes can be written off based on broad narratives, even though conditions vary significantly at the neighborhood or asset level.
—James Nelson, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Does debt simply get written off?
—Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for written off
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Kabul has dismissed the casualty claim as inaccurate.—
MUNIR AHMED,
Arkansas Online,
1 Mar. 2026
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On the doorstep of a pivotal, final week and with its season in serious danger of unraveling, USC basketball’s leading scorer has been dismissed from the program.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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Here’s a look at what streets will be closed or reduced in Fort Worth this weekend to accommodate the event.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Feb. 2026
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The ship also composts food waste and has reduced its reliance on single-use plastics.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Feb. 2026
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In fact, Herrington said, many of the principles didn’t even get written down until 2002, about eight years after the company was founded.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
18 Feb. 2026
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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
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Sanchez started with a sheer white base for this extra-long manicure and finished it with a striking silver chrome tip, extended into a delicate line design running down each nail.—
Kara Jillian Brown,
InStyle,
26 Feb. 2026
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All of the snow over the past week, which helped struggling ski resorts around Lake Tahoe increase their totals, will slowly melt in late spring and summer, running down rivers, with some being captured in reservoirs.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
23 Feb. 2026
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For example, subscription costs for Apple's iCloud storage platform are down nearly 20% since 2020, while Apple Music prices have sunk more than 12%, according to DepositAccounts.—
Mary Cunningham,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Trump, in other words, has sunk close to post-January 6th territory with the public—not exactly the moment for a speech that leaned hard into the President’s Panglossian conviction that a country with him as its leader must be doing pretty damn great.—
Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2026
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Using his Instagram broadcast channel, the Mexican musician played down the lyric that references him.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
28 Feb. 2026
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has played down the violence as the work of a small group of extremists.—
Julia Frankel,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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After Jacksonville, after years of fans feeling talked down to and reporters feeling undermined, this silly little event served a purpose for a change.—
Jerry Brewer,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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While Joan is visiting the Westside Hospital with her students, Michael (Omar Metwally) offers her the Chief of Internal Medicine position after she, not very subtly, told him not to hire anyone who is asking for it and talked down other potential candidates.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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