WROTE DOWN Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

wrote down

verb

past tense of write down

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 That is where the risk shows up, when someone is let go for missing a goal nobody wrote down. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Every home seems to have a list that nobody actually wrote down. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026 Recently, Hobert wrote down one of her goals 40 times in a notebook. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026 In early 2019, Philadelphia was one of six brands the company wrote down as the value of its intangible assets fell. — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026 The Mariners essentially wrote down the rest of Ray’s five-year, $115 million contract while taking on the dead money owed to declining outfielder Mitch Haniger and injured right-hander Anthony DeSclafani. — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 31 July 2026 Blanche said $130; Pearlman wrote down the correct figure, $85. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 July 2026 Why not eat the good feta, get that deli sandwich, try that beef stew recipe your grandmother wrote down for you by hand? — Grace Reilly, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026 But during that meeting, Frank Drake apparently wrote down the Drake equation for the first time, and the purpose of it was really to organize the meeting. — Quanta Magazine, 9 July 2026

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He was sentenced to four years’ probation and initially ordered to stay away from his ex-wife and two children for six years, which was later reduced to two years, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
The film, set between the years 1945 and 1947, depicts a society struggling to recover from war, only to be reduced, once again, by the arrival of a kaiju (as giant monsters are known in Japanese, and to fans of the corresponding film genre).

— Matt Alt, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of reduced

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The video was recorded Monday as the officer descended stairs into the shelter after the nearby aid distribution center was struck.

— Susie Blann, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Gordon Drive alone has recorded more than $1 billion in residential sales since 2020, according to the newspaper.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2026

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Holiday decorations are regularly marked down after the holiday itself, per NerdWallet’s monthly guide.

— Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026
Holiday decor often gets marked down right after the holiday, a pattern tracked in NerdWallet’s monthly shopping guide.

— Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026

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Town clerk Danielle Sicard, who currently also serves as president of the Massachusetts Town Clerks Association, said workers logged 230 hours in a single week before the general election.

— Lisa Hughes, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Conwell, who logged just 17 minutes of playing time through the first six games of the season, finished Monday’s loss with five points on 2-of-4 shooting from the field and 1-of-3 shooting on threes, one rebound and one assist in eight minutes.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026

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However, a generation that a government minister wrote off as lazy and expendable has exposed the cracks in the system that the chief justice defended.

— Amrita Basu, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2026
Barr also expressed resentment over the way the show wrote off her character, claiming Roseanne Conner died of an opioid overdose.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of wrote off

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The New York Times reported that Marshall and his practice sued more than 700 patients during his decades-long medical career.

— John Hanna, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
County officials reported a financial shortfall of more than $35 million this year and eliminated 150 positions in June to help balance the budget.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of reported

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Over the decades, Ernaux has examined class shame through close observation of her parents’ lives, accounted for all-consuming romantic obsession, and transcribed fleeting encounters in supermarkets and trains in the Paris suburbs.

— Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2026
As the characters playfully debated the rise of Fascism, the dialogue often felt transcribed from some Brooklyn polycule.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of transcribed

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Investigators were seen collecting shell casings and bullet fragments from the scene, and numerous evidence markers were set down.

— Darius Johnson, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
Earlier, Rafael Jodar won after being a set down for third straight match and also reached the quarterfinals.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

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