How to Use write-down in a Sentence

write-down

1 of 2 noun
  • 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
  • In financial parlance, this is what is known as a write-down and the studio gets an impairment charge equivalent to it.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
  • 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 wine-and-spirits segment, on the other hand, saw double-digit sales declines, and Constellation booked a steep write-down in the value of that unit’s assets in the quarter.
    Paulina Likos, CNBC, 7 Oct. 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
  • Disney, which also reported earnings this week, did not take a formal write-down on cable TV assets.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 9 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • The brand both grew and remained exclusive, a digital-first business with just 17 stores globally, but VF had to repeatedly write-down the value of the acquisition.
    Evan Clark, WWD, 2 Oct. 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
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write down

2 of 2 verb
  • 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
  • Some wore shirts with the acronym written down their backs.
    Sarah Parvini, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2019
  • 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
  • Weren’t there rules written down somewhere, and didn’t this break them?
    Brooke Jarvis, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2019
  • 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
  • The witness had written down a license plate for the stranger’s Nissan Altima.
    Christine Pelisek, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
  • The time is now, before an emergency, to have the explicit conversation to write down what mom wants.
    Eleanor Dowd, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2024

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