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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The combination also reduced the hazard of cancer spreading to distant sites or death by 38%.

— Mike McRae October 25, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026
In Spain, modern farming methods have reduced the practice of transhumance to a small group of farmers that keep the tradition alive not just for its environmental benefits but also for its cultural value.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of reduced

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The majority of The Same Place was recorded between 2010 and 2012, predating Doss’ passing; finishing touches were added by other OTC members and collaborators in the wake of Hart’s death.

— Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2026
Larsson recorded 17 points, six rebounds and eight assists while posting an impressive plus/minus of plus 12 in 31 minutes off the bench.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of recorded

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Netflix logged 21 positions spread over 18 series, the broadest range of distinct titles of the platforms the report examined.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026
Rider is no stranger to Celine, having logged a decade as its design director of ready-to-wear from 2008 to 2018, working under its then-creative director Phoebe Philo.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 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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Customers filed lawsuits alleging Bacelar was buying dogs on the cheap from breeders, then misrepresenting them as rescues and charging high adoption fees, The Times reported.

— Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Koppie reported raising exactly enough to cover his campaign’s expenses of less than $3,000 from July through September, most of it out of his own pocket.

— Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 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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