write off
Example Sentences
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Direct Line's Mark Summerville said often tradespeople felt they had no choice but to write off unpaid invoices, describing it as not only financially damaging but "deeply demoralising".
From BBC • May 10, 2026
“People still mentally write off the emerging markets because ‘they’re ex-growth, because China is still the dominant market at 30%, and why bother when the U.S. is so good’,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
Under OBBBA, businesses can fully and permanently write off the cost of investment in research and development and equipment and machinery.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
It might be appealing to write off Anthropic’s and OpenAI’s efforts to be seen as the good guys as just another helping of corporate pablum.
From Slate • Apr. 14, 2026
It amazed Justin how easily they would write off a twelve-year-old.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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