mark down
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From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
Higher mortgage rates led NAR to mark down its sales forecast for the entire year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Those cars aren’t coming, and if they do arrive, investors should mark down the stocks of the companies trying to sell them.
From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025
“The point is not to be ‘correct’ but to mark down a boundary for public debate.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2023
“I know my flannel skirt has a dirty mark down the front, but I’ve never walked bare-foot with a stocking round my head.”
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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