1
as in reduced
to diminish the price or value of
a company forced to write down its assets
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as in recorded
to make a written note of
write down what you remember about that day
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Recent Examples of wrote down
The original owner wrote down the exact amount of gasoline added to the car, down to the hundredth of a gallon.
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Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 26 Mar. 2026
The woman with the child wrote down his tag number, which led to the take down.
—Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
In 2019, the company wrote down $15 billion in brand value.
—Paul Polman, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
The movers wrote down the license plate of the car the woman and child had arrived in.
—Sydney Page The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2026
Not quite 2,000 years ago, Galen wrote down this very recipe.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 19 Feb. 2026
After Mark Pope and Pat Kelsey gave their thoughts on the changing landscape around player eligibility in college basketball, Courier Journal sports columnist wrote down his thoughts on the topic.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Feb. 2026
However, she was told by someone who appeared to be a store employee that several people wrote down the license plate to give to the police.
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
Employees, shaken by the encounter, wrote down his license plate and contacted the police.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 26 Mar. 2026
The woman with the child wrote down his tag number, which led to the take down.
—Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
In 2019, the company wrote down $15 billion in brand value.
—Paul Polman, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
The movers wrote down the license plate of the car the woman and child had arrived in.
—Sydney Page The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2026
Not quite 2,000 years ago, Galen wrote down this very recipe.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 19 Feb. 2026
After Mark Pope and Pat Kelsey gave their thoughts on the changing landscape around player eligibility in college basketball, Courier Journal sports columnist wrote down his thoughts on the topic.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Feb. 2026
However, she was told by someone who appeared to be a store employee that several people wrote down the license plate to give to the police.
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
Employees, shaken by the encounter, wrote down his license plate and contacted the police.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrote down
Verb
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But since the war began, traffic has been reduced to a trickle, with just 154 vessels recorded crossing in the entire month of March, according to Kpler data.—
Henrik Pettersson,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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While there is no question that KU Med is at fault for failing to disinfect the heater-cooler devices, Johnson said, LivaNova should have ensured that the hospital was strictly following its instructions for use, which would have reduced the risk of bacteria spreading.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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In 1999, the Bridge Creek–Moore tornado struck the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, causing 41 deaths and nearly 600 injuries; the tornado’s top wind speed of 321 mph was the highest ever recorded on Earth.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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Declines of about 10% to 17% have been recorded elsewhere, including against the Swiss franc, South African rand, Danish krone, Swedish krona and the Euro.—
Matt Sedensky,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
Verb
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The Sinophant Full-Length High-Waisted Leggings with Pockets, which are marked down to only $8.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
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Currently marked down over $100, these straight-leg Hudson jeans are flexible enough to offer a full range of movement, whether running to catch a flight or sightseeing in a new city.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
1 May 2026
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These two missions are the biggest draws in the last several years, although the agency stated that nine other major launches have logged an average of 55,000 out-of-county visitors.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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Audubon volunteer monitors have logged more than 1,600 hours in watching, studying and determining where the local pair has wintered.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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Later, criticism also came from arbiters of high modernism, such as Clement Greenberg, who wrote off New Deal art as kitsch for the masses.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2026
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As one example, the Wall Street Journal reported in 2016 that the carrier wrote off at least $592 million then.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The event raised a record $42 million for the institute, USA TODAY reported, surpassing last year's record of $31 million.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
5 May 2026
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In 2012, two Marines died and two others were injured after a helicopter crash in the Moroccan city of Agadir, the BBC reported at the time.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
4 May 2026
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Once captured, recordings are automatically transcribed, along with speakers labeled, summaries created, and action items generated in the cloud.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
31 Mar. 2026
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All calls are recorded (that was true before the AI was launched) and transcribed.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Roupp then set down the next 18 hitters before walking Heriberto Hernandez with two outs in the eighth.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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It's aptly named after LV-426, the infamous planetoid that the interstellar towing vessel USCSS Nostromo set down upon to discover the derelict spaceship and its insidious contents in the classic 1979 feature film.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Wrote down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrote%20down. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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