wrote down

verb

past tense of write down
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 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 With dark splotchy ink, the Secretary of the Senate drew large Xs through four amendments, slashed through several lines and furiously wrote down edits in the margins. — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 18 June 2026 Japan’s biggest life insurer wrote down ¥70 billion ($440 million) in the year ended March 31, a charge that a company spokesperson said was its first since the Bank of Japan shifted its policy to raising interest rates in March 2024. — Nao Sano, Bloomberg, 26 May 2026 The original owner wrote down the exact amount of gasoline added to the car, down to the hundredth of a gallon. — 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrote down
  1. reduced
  2. recorded
  3. marked down
  4. logged
  5. wrote off
  6. reported
  7. transcribed
  8. set down
Verb
  • The company, which focuses on the athletic sports accessories industry, also reduced its full year revenue guidance.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
  • At all five, at least two-thirds of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — well above the roughly 52% district average.
    — Austin Horn August 11, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of reduced
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  • At least a dozen attacks on health facilities and workers were recorded as of mid-July, according to local health authorities.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The latest scorcher comes after Western Europe recorded its hottest June and July on record, according to Copernicus, the European Union’s climate monitor.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of recorded
Verb
  • The retailer's whimsical Halloween decor has arrived, and right now, a selection of pieces is marked down for a limited time.
    — Casey DelBasso, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Grab the Lifewit Storage Bags while they’re marked down to $17 at Amazon to effortlessly organize your closet for fall.
    — Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of marked down
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  • Instead of requiring the exchange of credentials each time a user opens a new site page, the server sets a session cookie that effectively proves the user has already successfully logged in.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2026
  • July was also the hottest month ever logged for the world’s non-polar oceans, Copernicus said, with record high temperatures set along the Atlantic and western Mediterranean, putting sea life and coastal communities at risk.
    — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of logged
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  • Weeks after the anniversary, the FDA proposed a new pathway to speed these therapies to children with ultra-rare disease, a pathway that runs straight through the platform the secretary wrote off.
    — Jeff Coller, STAT, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Within three years, Carlyle wrote off the investment, and Beautycounter filed for bankruptcy.
    — Esha Chhabra, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of wrote off
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  • The New York Times, which first reported Rideout's release, said the 50-year-old had worked as a missionary in Niger for 19 years and was a pilot for SIM International.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Coaching searches are, at best, farcical, the truth lying somewhere between fans’ fanatical wishes, reported contacts and actual interviews.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of reported
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  • For some elements, two of us – Chenier and Doris – recorded Wounaan speaking their material in Wounaan meu, and then transcribed and carefully translated them to preserve rich elements of Wounaan thought and language.
    — Chenier Carpio Opua, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026
  • As the men transcribed hundreds of these messages, several themes surprised them.
    — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of transcribed
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  • James Gray continued his festival tour with Paper Tiger this weekend setting down in the Locarno Film Festival to receive an honorary award ahead of the film’s Swiss premiere on its landmark Piazza Grande.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The 21-year-old became the first player from the Philippines to win a WTA Tour-level title, coming back from a set down to defeat American Jessica Pegula 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 at the DC Open on Monday.
    — Jill Martin, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of set down

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