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

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

The Internal Revenue Service allows the donor to write off a donation to a charitable organization — in this case, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

Sometimes kids just have to write off lost articles of clothing at the end of a party.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith