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as in reducing
to diminish the price or value of
a company forced to write down its assets
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as in recording
to make a written note of
write down what you remember about that day
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Recent Examples of writing down
But the thought of writing down the recipes made sense.
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Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Some examples might include taking a 15- to 20-minute morning walk, eating a healthy breakfast and writing down one positive thing that happened that day.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Thomas Wentworth Higginson spent his leisure time writing down the strange new lyrics in his journal.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Over the course of the series, Heon has been diligently writing down and illustrating each of Ji-yeon’s culinary creations.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
While writing down lists may not work for everyone, and journaling may seem like yet another task to complete, Sandbech believes your mind deserves the same opportunity for self-care as any other part of your body.
—Asif Burhan, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
In 2019, after massive layoffs and lost sales, the company shocked Wall Street by writing down the value of marquee brands Oscar Mayer and Kraft by $15 billion.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
Two weeks later, the Virgo solar eclipse asks you to ground those dreams by actually making the calls, sending the emails, or writing down the plan.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Aug. 2025
Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Some examples might include taking a 15- to 20-minute morning walk, eating a healthy breakfast and writing down one positive thing that happened that day.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Thomas Wentworth Higginson spent his leisure time writing down the strange new lyrics in his journal.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Over the course of the series, Heon has been diligently writing down and illustrating each of Ji-yeon’s culinary creations.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
While writing down lists may not work for everyone, and journaling may seem like yet another task to complete, Sandbech believes your mind deserves the same opportunity for self-care as any other part of your body.
—Asif Burhan, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
In 2019, after massive layoffs and lost sales, the company shocked Wall Street by writing down the value of marquee brands Oscar Mayer and Kraft by $15 billion.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
Two weeks later, the Virgo solar eclipse asks you to ground those dreams by actually making the calls, sending the emails, or writing down the plan.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for writing down
Verb
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Solutions like breathable film packaging and smart logistics play a crucial role in reducing waste and prolonging shelf life.—
William Jones,
Freep.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Adopting a healthy lifestyle, including diet, exercise, sleep, maintaining a healthy weight, avoiding sugar, eliminating tobacco, and curbing or skipping alcoholic beverages altogether, play a role in reducing early breast cancer recurrence.—
Marnie Goodfriend,
Flow Space,
27 Oct. 2025
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Much is made throughout the movie about the pitch-black nature of the songs Springsteen was recording; at one point, Landau—who went from writing about Springsteen to managing him—tells his wife that the songs sound like they’ve been made by a guilty man.—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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Moscow has reportedly positioned equipment at or near the wreck, including high-precision navigation devices and sensors capable of guiding submersible drones and recording the acoustic 'signatures' of NATO warships and submarines circulating in the Baltic Sea.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Last week started with the big banks delivering strong earnings and ended with regional lenders writing off bad loans.—
Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
19 Oct. 2025
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The mistake is writing off these sayings as coach speak.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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Since 1980, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has maintained a database tracking these bank-busting events, logging every drought, flood, freeze, severe storm, tropical cyclone, wildfire, or winter storm that had a price tag of $1 billion or more.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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Some environmental groups and opponents argue that the bill advances the logging industry’s priorities, limits public engagement and does little to reduce the risk of wildfires.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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The store is continually marking down wedding dresses and other items, with discounts currently reaching as high as 50% off.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
25 Sep. 2025
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The prestigious brand setting down roots in Nashville marks a new chapter in the city's evolution as a top-tier retail hotspot and destination of global cultural importance, business reporter Molly Davis writes.—
Amber Roberson,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Oct. 2025
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Andreasson arrived nine years ago on a temporary project and wound up setting down roots.—
David Shortell,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Sep. 2025
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The duo hope to use their data background to show global trends and narratives around rising anti-democratic sentiment by compiling and reporting on public data that often gets overlooked or underanalyzed.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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But shortly after, a second call came in reporting that a woman had been found on the ground, the police department said.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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Battling driving snow, 100 mph winds and waves as high as 50 feet, the Fitz split in two and sank just short of Whitefish Bay, taking down with it all 29 men on board.—
Kevin Duchschere,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon Web Services, a leader in the cloud infrastructure market, reported a major outage on Monday, taking down numerous big-name websites.—
Tasmin Lockwood,Katrina Bishop,
CNBC,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Writing down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writing%20down. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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