1
as in reduced
to diminish the price or value of
a company forced to write down its assets
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2
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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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
Verb
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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
Verb
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Susan Dewar, ecologist and president of the nonprofit California Wolf Foundation, said in a May 18 email to USA TODAY that there is a delay between when wolves enter geographical areas and when they are logged.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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The service has grown rapidly, from 1,489 calls for service in the first year to 9,200 last year and a further 20% increase logged in the current year.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 May 2026
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Throwing the acceptance letter in the trash, Jackman wrote off the idea of being able to attend—but the very next day, a $3,500 check serendipitously came in the mail from his grandmother’s will.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
4 May 2026
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When the West Coast divested from coal, national headlines all but wrote off this town of 3,000 as dying.—
Kirk Siegler,
NPR,
2 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
Verb
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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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Brad Lord followed and set down five straight before Javier Sanoja reached on a throwing error by Abrams at shortstop.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
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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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“Wrote down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrote%20down. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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