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as in to dismiss
to express scornfully one's low opinion of
most critics have already written off that director as a hack incapable of turning out anything but schlock
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as in to reduce
to diminish the price or value of
that one blunder will write off to nothing all the goodwill we've been building up
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Recent Examples of write off
Many might write off the space, saying lower, angled ceilings make the room unusable, but not Welch.
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Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2024
Delaying repayment and writing off debt completely costs money — hundreds of billions of dollars, in fact.
—The Editors, National Review, 24 Oct. 2024
Africa’s tech sector is often written off or, worse, ignored.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Is equipment financing tax deductible? Section 179 of the IRS Tax Code lets businesses write off all or part of the cost of purchasing equipment for the business.
—Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
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Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2024
Delaying repayment and writing off debt completely costs money — hundreds of billions of dollars, in fact.
—The Editors, National Review, 24 Oct. 2024
Africa’s tech sector is often written off or, worse, ignored.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Is equipment financing tax deductible? Section 179 of the IRS Tax Code lets businesses write off all or part of the cost of purchasing equipment for the business.
—Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
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Though New Mexico special prosecutor Kari T. Morrissey has filed motions for Judge Sommer to reconsider her decision to dismiss the involuntary manslaughter case against Baldwin, Sommer rebuked those arguments and has declined to reconsider Morrissey's case multiple times in recent months.Tommy McArdle, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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However, the atmosphere was calmer than the previous week when Corpus appeared to surprise the board by appearing in person at a special meeting to censure her and call for her resignation, dismissing the resignation demands as politically motivated.Ryan Macasero, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
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While noting that many Arizona cities have drastically reduced their per capita water demand, Goddard argued that cities will eventually need to find water-sharing arrangements with farms so that cities can pay farmers to use their water in dry times.Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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Some items that normally retail for upwards of $500 have been reduced to $99 or less.John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
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In contrast, the single-bore method minimizes street-level disruption.Dan Phan, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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This method, which is based on the idea of moving to where the hottest deer sign and action can be found, is used by many hunters who decide to minimize their hunting gear footprint and overall carry weight.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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Discovery took massive, multi-billion dollar hits this summer to write down the value of their cable assets.Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
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Bowery hasn't had VC firm reps on its board for at least the last couple months, while Fidelity recently wrote down its investment value by more than 99%.Dan Primack, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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But now, arrivals have diminished significantly, and officials closed the city’s last migrant shelter last month.Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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Black Lives Matter is severely diminished as an institution.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Quartz’s Rocio Fabbro runs down Powell’s limited chatter about it.Melvin Backman, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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In the end, Manchester United was able to run down the remainder of the clock, end its six-year trophy wait – the club’s longest wait for a major trophy since 1983 – and possibly usher in a new era at the club.Ben Church, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
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In the aftermath,Tammany leaders played down their ambitions and put on demure faces in public.Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
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Television’s tendency to play down to the masses — manipulating our individual needs for attention, for agreement, or simply to win — is an insuperable problem at this particular, shameless moment in pop culture.Armond White, National Review, 16 Oct. 2024
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Does your party have a disdain problem in talking down to working class voters in particular?CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2024
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Gargoyles Few cartoons are as recognized for their mature storytelling as Gargoyles, a prime example of not talking down to a young audience.Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
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