1. He was written off as a has-been.

2. These people are difficult to write off as malingering employees.

3. More crudely, they are written off as a rampaging mob, victim to primitive urges or the machinations of conspirators.

4. Hours once written off as commercially irrelevant were suddenly transformed into marketable time.

5. The last round can therefore be written off as predictable.

6. Students who too often are written off as average have been made to feel special, capable, and directed.

7. But giving in would be risky, too — especially for a president whom voters are starting to write off as a man too timid to take a stand.