WRITTEN DOWN Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

written down

verb

past participle 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 noted

to make a written note of write down what you remember about that day

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Recent Examples of written down Capricorn December 22 – January 19 A bigger plan becomes more realistic when the next step is written down. — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026 Our business has no fix for that, so our observations get written down and thrown into a production report. — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026 Sir John de Stricheley died at the castle in 1341 (and was important enough to have his death written down properly). — ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026 An organization that keeps its unchangeable problem written down somewhere visible has not solved it. — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 That’s enough to call it preexisting, whether or not it was written down anywhere. — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 17 July 2026 No records from her lifetime mention the event—and this seems like the sort of thing someone might have written down. — Michele Metychall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 July 2026 None of these rules are written down. — Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 22 June 2026 Nothing can be written down, and no one can know everything, so much of the dialogue is a bewildering avalanche of codewords and code names. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 18 May 2026

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Newcastle end the window with the squad’s average age and wage bill significantly reduced.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Households reduced fuel consumption due to elevated prices owed to the Middle East conflict, and cut domestic and international travel.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of reduced

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However, consumers should also be mindful of the potential high salt content in canned fish, as well as the amount of mercury in bigger fish like tuna, the experts noted.

— Diana Anos, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Tiedemann noted that permit levels are intentionally set with some buffer, so that a violation doesn’t immediately cause a crisis.

— Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of noted

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Andrew Shue, Melrose Place Andrew Shue’s Billy Campbell got written off Melrose Place in 1998, early in the show’s final season, and the actor barely looked back.

— JP Mangalindan, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Aug. 2026
On the mound, his 288 victories were written off by some Hall voters (though not this one) because his career spanned 26 seasons.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of written off

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Last night marked a huge milestone in the career of George Clooney, who was honored with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
Your ballot will come with a pre-printed envelope marked with the Supervisor of Election office’s address.

— Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of marked

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Victoria's Secret – The women's apparel retailer sunk more than 18% after the company slightly missed estimates on revenue in its second quarter results.

— Darla Mercado, CFP®,Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
If anything happens to sideline Ohtani the hitter, the Dodgers are sunk, period.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of sunk

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July, which had previously been recorded as a negative 23,000, was revised up sharply by 44,000 to a total net job additions of 21,000.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
But hiring remains well below the 166,000 monthly jobs that were the norm in 2023 and 2024, let alone the 491,000 a month recorded during the 2021-22 hiring boom that followed pandemic lockdowns.

— Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of recorded

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From a Dooney & Bourke handbag marked down by nearly $150 to a cozy Peanuts Halloween blanket for less than $24, our readers have been busy grabbing all the biggest discounts across fashion, home essentials, travel gear and fall staples.

— Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
The coordinating French Rib pants are also majorly marked down right now for a head-to-toe Spanx travel look that’s under $105.

— Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of marked down

Verb

The investigation into Lucas had been open since the Biden administration, the New York Times previously reported.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2026
During Thursday’s sentencing, he was handed a four-and-a-half-year sentence, the BBC, The Guardian and The Telegraph reported.

— Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

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