How to Use write-down in a Sentence

write-down

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• Iger has taken a play from David Zaslav’s book and the streamers have memory-holed a number of shows as tax write-downs.
  — Vulture, 12 July 2023
• The loss of the NBA in part prompted a massive $9 billion write-down of linear television assets.
  — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2024
• Moderna said the lack of demand for vaccine doses in Africa has led to more than $1 billion in losses and write-downs.
  — Damian Garde, STAT, 12 Apr. 2024
• Recently, there was a revenue write-down of $250 million.
  — William Wivell, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2024
• In the years following the arrival of covid-19, China has been reluctant to grant loan write-downs or to restructure debts.
  — Quartz, 3 Mar. 2023
• Holiday Haunt, which were abruptly pulled from WB's release schedule to take tax write-downs last year.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 13 Nov. 2023
• The Supreme Court last month appeared likely to strike down President Biden’s $400 billion student loan write-down.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2023
• In a recent earnings report, Disney took a $1.5 billion tax write-down for the content removal.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2023
• This brings the company's total write-down of losses on the Starliner program to more than $1.1 billion.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 26 July 2023
• The company’s profit was dented by a large write-down in its space business, which Mr. Faury said Airbus was working to turn around.
  — Liz Alderman, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
• And Ørsted announced a $366 million write-down for the value of one of those ventures in New York, citing several of the issues Avangrid faces.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Mar. 2023
• Unfortunately mothering stalled out in post, and Netflix has decided to take the boots the house tax write-down.
  — Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
• Zaslav eased into the topic of the write-down about 18 minutes into WBD’s second quarter earnings call.
  — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Aug. 2024
• The company also took a $9-billion write-down on the value of its cable channels, including TNT.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
• The drugstore chain also announced a $5.8 billion write-down related to VillageMD.
  — Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 7 May 2024
• The film debuted on the streaming service seven weeks ago, but has already been pulled from the streaming service as part of a $1.5 billion write-down (per The Hollywood Reporter).
  — Vulture, 5 July 2023
• The system is likely to be stressed later this year by the cratering of the commercial real estate market and the consequent write-downs of banks’ loans on these properties.
  — Lawrence J. White, Fortune, 24 July 2023
• But the real damage is the precedent the write-down may have set, said Benamou of Axiom Alternative Investments.
  — Anna Cooban, CNN, 20 Mar. 2023
• Erasing original shows from their libraries can help streamers get tax write-downs and, to a smaller extent, save on residual payments.
  — R.j. Rico, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2023
• The company’s impairment loss in 2022 related to the write-down of goodwill, TV broadcast licenses, tradenames and program rights.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 23 Feb. 2023
• The company also took a nearly $6 billion write-down on the value of its cable networks, which portends further contraction.
  — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
• The multibillion-dollar write-down marked the beginning of Mr. Lynch’s legal travails, which will culminate this month in another long and complex trial.
  — Michael J. De La Merced, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024
• Paramount Global is preparing to hike the monthly price of Paramount+ later this year, and the company disclosed its intent to take as much as a $1.5 billion write-down from the integration of Showtime with the streaming platform.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 16 Feb. 2023
• Procter & Gamble said on Tuesday a write-down of its Gillette business and lower price increases hampered its financial results.
  — Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 23 Jan. 2024
• In late 2022, Goldman began to pivot away from its nascent consumer operations, beginning a series of write-downs related to selling chunks of the business.
  — Hugh Son, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2024
• However, leadership has indicated that those write-downs won't be a major part of the strategy moving forward.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2023
• That includes $14 million in write-downs of unused doses of the Covid vaccine and $55 million in charges related to the company’s efforts to scale back its manufacturing footprint, among other costs.
  — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2024
• On Wednesday, Warner Bros. Discovery announced a write-down of its television properties amounting to more than $9 billion.
  — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2024
• The bank’s internal controls hadn’t stopped the concentration of risk, and the resulting write-down as Benko’s conglomerate Signa entered bankruptcy wiped out half the lender’s annual profit.
  — Bastian Benrath, Fortune Europe, 4 Apr. 2024
• The hangover from the bursting of the startup bubble is weighing on big U.S. university endowments, with write-downs in their growth and venture-capital investments driving a second straight year of weak returns.
  — WSJ, 24 Oct. 2023

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write down

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• Check the clock when your power goes out and write down the time.
  — Vanessa Swales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2021
• The Founding Fathers were wise to write down the rules.
  — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 28 Mar. 2023
• Start by having each of you write down all the jobs the other does.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2024
• Complete the look with gloves and a folder to write down all of your clues.
  — Larry Stansbury, Good Housekeeping, 12 Oct. 2021
• Have your child write down the four design elements plus the name of the camp.
  — Ruth A. Musgrave, National Geographic, 24 June 2020
• See what the songs bring up for you, and write down whatever comes to mind.
  — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 May 2024
• Get the child to write down their worries on pieces of paper, and then feed them to the monster.
  — Judith Newman, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2022
• In a small way, sitting down at the start of the month to write down plans is a form of mindfulness.
  — Melanie Whyte, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
• The year-ago quarter was weighed down by the large write down on the media business.
  — Sarah Krouse, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2020
• The idea is to write down on a slip of paper the happiest moment of the day and drop it in a jar.
  — David G. Allan, CNN, 19 May 2022
• That being said, judges are allowed to keep a binder to write down clues.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2022
• Use the ruler to measure how high the plate is being moved, and write down that distance.
  — Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2020
• Staff will write down your name, address and phone number and time of check in.
  — Teri Webster, Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2021
• When an actor reads that, that’s a dream to see that written down.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2020
• But write down that master password and hide it in a safe place, just in case.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
• The delay gave the man a chance to write down the licensee plate number of the vehicle.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2021
• Who hasn't been waiting for a time to write down their life story?
  — Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, 12 Mar. 2020
• It had also been forced to write down the worth of the planes, which are now valued at $35 billion.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 9 Mar. 2021
• Maybe get a pen and some paper, write down the names of all the men who have been mean to you before, and then … don’t date them.
  — Damon Young, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022
• Get a ring light, write down your ideas, practice saying them, and have your notes in front of you.
  — NBC News, 1 Mar. 2021
• Ask people to write down their feedback and bring it to a staff meeting.
  — Gary Hamel, Quartz at Work, 17 Aug. 2020
• Build your dream, craft your vision, write down your goals and create a plan.
  — Harvey MacKay, Star Tribune, 15 Nov. 2020
• Police found a ledger with states written down for pick-up and drop-off sites for dogs.
  — Sarah Nelson, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
• So, take a pen to paper and write down all your fears and anxieties.
  — Seventeen Editors, Seventeen, 7 July 2021
• Songwriting was simple: just write down thoughts on his phone and let the melody come to him.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
• There were medics writing down what kind of injury each man had.
  — Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
• Each player gets a few slips of paper and a pen, then writes down a celebrity’s name.
  — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 3 Apr. 2020
• Why not write down everything that puts you in a better frame of mind?
  — Ellevate, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
• The truck had a temporary license tag, but the witness wasn’t able to write down the tag number.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 14 Nov. 2020
• As Jeff mentions, if Rome uses his advantage and Teeny can’t vote, there’s only three people writing down a name.
  — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 9 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024