How to Use write-off in a Sentence

write-off

1 of 2 noun
  • Is keeping debt around good for write-offs?
    — Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • But the van was still a write-off, and one passenger lost his legs.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
  • There is also this trend where films are not getting released for a tax write-off.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2024
  • City, in contrast, trudge on through a season that is not far off a total write-off.
    — Phil Hay, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The film will never be released so the company can get a tax write-off.
    — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Each denial should become a training signal rather than a write-off.
    — Venkata Ramya Ganti, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Any hope to make up the amount through donations would face a steep road as donors could no longer use such gifts as a tax write-off.
    — Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
  • That’s going to be critical because this season is a bit of a write-off.
    — Sam Lee, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
  • That bill still lives, but it was amended to expand a utility bill write-off for restaurants.
    — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 13 May 2026
  • Even something as mundane as office supplies can qualify as a write-off.
    — Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Every single major section, from the cockpit to the engines, is a write-off.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 11 July 2023
  • Duffield believes that Coyote can make money — certainly more than the tax write-off.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Nov. 2023
  • William Shakespeare finds himself in a write-off with his wife, Anne Hathaway.
    — Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Forty-four percent of pet parents wished there were more tax benefits for pet parents, such as write-offs and tax credits.
    — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2025
  • But 24-hour racing is really hard, and the race wasn't a write-off for Toyota.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 5 June 2024
  • The crew may have bailed out following the strike, but the $20-million launcher is a total write-off.
    — David Axe, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
  • And to those who wonder whether generous contributions assist the wealthy with tax write-offs?
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 13 May 2025
  • One investor asked why the Suzano joint venture is considered a write-off or impairment.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Why should a 66-year-old homeowner get a write-off, but not a 64-year-old homeowner?
    — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Ever the sassy songwriter, Musgraves handles these specters like a pro with witty write-offs.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Your old unwanted vehicle, running or not, is a potential tax write-off.
    — Michelle Sund, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025
  • At the time it was widely assumed to have been shelved as a tax write-off and the news inspired some volatile responses from the industry.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The value lies not in predicting write-offs, but in preventing them entirely.
    — Vivek Thomas, Forbes.com, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Holiday Haunt in order to receive a $30 million tax write-off.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2026
  • If sales of these high-volume chips to China resume, reversing some of this write-off could enhance earnings.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • Orsted has taken a $4 billion write-off and canceled two large offshore wind projects in New Jersey.
    — Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The conglomerate opted to take a $30 million tax write-off instead.
    — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Shell said first-quarter exploration well write-offs were expected to be around $100 million.
    — Chloe Taylor,jenni Reid, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
  • With that insurance, you'll reportedly be covered for theft of the whole bike, theft of components and the cost of a total write-off.
    — New Atlas, 5 July 2025
  • The write-off will reduce or eliminate the taxable income for millions of Americans.
    — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2025

write off

2 of 2 verb
  • Don't write off this recipe too quick!
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Mood changes can be written off as stress.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2026
  • Mood changes can be written off as stress.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2026
  • The third quarter net-write off rate was flat.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz,matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
  • At that point, Richert was written off the show.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Don’t write off a listing with bad photos.
    — Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
  • But don’t write off this partywear trope too soon.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Rail lines once written off as relics are stirring back to life.
    — Chelsea Haney october 25, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
  • They are just written off largely.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Does debt simply get written off?
    — Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
  • He was written off the final episodes of the Fox show.
    — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Best canvas tote bags Don’t write off a canvas tote.
    — Abby Morgan Lebet, Glamour, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Still, the poor results cannot be fully written off as bad luck.
    — Peter Baugh, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Davies has not been written off for the World Cup — far from it.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The mistake is writing off these sayings as coach speak.
    — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
  • But folks aren’t writing off Clemson now.
    — Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
  • When consumers fail to repay their loans for a long time, banks write off the bad debt as a loss.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Win Scutt, for his part, isn’t ready to write off King Arthur just yet.
    — Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2022
  • In that world, he’s been written off as old, washed, and a bastion of a game that’s passed him by.
    — Sam Blum, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • Like, at first glance, they’re completely written off.
    — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
  • For weeks, the Pistons were written off as a feel-good story.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
  • For YouTube, the loss could be written off with a shoulder shrug.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Most of the media, though not all, wrote off the lab-leak theory, for instance.
    — David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • His character was written off the sixth season of the show, and two episodes had to be scrapped.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
  • But far larger amounts that would be written off over the next 10 years have been put on hold for now.
    — Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 June 2024
  • This doesn’t mean that Chong’s fifth stab at the helm should be written off so easily.
    — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
  • But Tottenham can’t be written off just yet.
    — Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Be cautious — but don’t write off rattlesnakes as vicious, the experts say.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Narrative podcasts couldn’t be written off as a fad.
    — Eric Benson, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025
  • No one was writing off Raman anymore.
    — Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026

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