
Walmart said some families are making fewer discretionary purchases as the prices of gas and groceries rise. Gap, for instance, said customers want party dresses and office clothes instead of the many fleece hoodies and active clothes the company has. ‘He was no longer just a gifted midfield player at the biggest club in the land - he was marked down as a player of immense potential, one on whom much of the international team's future success could be fashioned and shaped.Retailers from Walmart to Gap face a glut of inventory as inflation-pinched shoppers skip over categories that were popular during the first two years of the pandemic.
MARKED DOWN SERIES
‘If this sort of scheduling - off days in mid-series and two-game series - is the result of Interleague Play, then mark me down as a baseball purist.’.‘I look forward to a time when I can serve my country without wondering if history will mark me down as a participant in something disgraceful.’.
‘They were both dressed so that it was easy to mark them down as gypsy kin, their faded but bright clothes easy to spot amongst the normal gray drab of the peasants.’. ‘She says she has no idea why the officer marked her down as owner being same as driver.’. ‘The Austrian authorities soon marked him down as a troublemaker as he encouraged trade unions and attacked the Catholic Church.’. ‘The promoter, who also officiates on the junior grasstrack scene, spotted Complin several years ago and marked him down as one for the future.’. ‘I hated playing musical scales and those stupid nursery rhymes set to music that piano students had to play, but I guess Dad marked me down as a loser in music, too.’. ‘Even if it helps me in the hunt, I don't like someone marking me down as an easy target, especially when he's wearing a bullseye himself and doesn't know it.’. ‘Cohen has little time for these critics, marking them down as unable to appreciate what Churchill's leadership really meant and too ready to discount the value of his ability to inspire and take charge.’. ‘He may know nothing about Rangers, but they will already know enough about him to mark him down as a serious threat.’. ‘If that's being a do-gooder, then mark me down as a proud one.’. ‘Confounding those who had marked him down as a Eurosceptic, he declared: ‘I believe in Europe as a political project.’’. ‘The police obviously marked me down as a criminal because next time I was at a French auction I was surrounded by gun-toting gendarmes who arrested me again.’. ‘I gave my usual response, which is to smile politely and shake my head in an I-dooon't-think-so kinda way, whilst wondering, since I wasn't smoking at the time, how she'd marked me down as a smoker.’. ‘Collapsing with a fit of the jitters, she was marked down as a choker, not to be bothered with.’. ‘Despite her lack of years and inches, Wood has been marked down as the Next Big Thing in Scottish curling for several years.’. ‘Whatever else happens at these world championships, Paris will be marked down as notable the moment that Haile Gebrselassie toes the start-line for the 10,000-metres final in the Stade de France tonight.’. ‘An old school report marked Clary down as ‘languid and superior’.’. ‘In the reviews section, the very similar Joss Stone is marked down as ‘an artist in it for the long haul.’’.
‘Even when made aware of bullying, Ofsted inspectors won't mark a school down for it now, either.’. ‘Appraisal time is upon us, and all team leaders will have been instructed to find the slightest excuse to mark people down.’. ‘Asked why she felt she was marked down by the judges, she said: ‘You better ask them.’’.
‘Upon hearing that he had been marked down for wandering, Levrone fumed, ‘I didn't know you could be marked down for walking offstage.’. ‘Then he was marked down again for the shocking shiny suit he was wearing and ended up without very much going for him at all.’. ‘A Merit would suffice, heck even a Pass would do as I know she's going to mark me down anyway because I slacked big time on the photography bit, but that was a different unit.’. ‘Like the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Lewisham has been marked down for missing its four-hour A&E waiting time target for 2004 / 5.’. ‘In addition, Mid Yorkshire was marked down for not ensuring at least 98 per cent of patients with suspected cancer were seen within two weeks.’.