Cliffs Notes
AmericanEtymology
Origin of Cliffs Notes
After Cliff Hillegass, founder of Cliffs Notes, Inc.
Example Sentences
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Those are eye-catching lowlights, Cliffs Notes for a concerning trend.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 9, 2024
Doerr’s entertaining and intricate novel wasn’t one that called out for Cliffs Notes.
From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2023
His Cliffs Notes rendering of regional history stinking with oversimplification, obfuscation and outright lying.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2017
You know that kid in high school who would wait until the last minute to do a book report, and then either copy the Cliffs Notes or cut and paste his report from Wikipedia?
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2017
Beyoncé makes music that is just as fascinatingly multivalent as Gaga's, and she does it without interrupting her songs to provide Cliffs Notes.
From Slate • May 23, 2011
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