notes

¹ British

/ nəʊts /

plural noun

short descriptive or summarized jottings taken down for future reference
a record of impressions, reflections, etc, esp as a literary form

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NOTES ² British

/ nəʊts /

abbreviation

natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery, a surgical technique for operating on internal organs through bodily orifices

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Example Sentences

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“It was a tough time to retire,” Bengen notes.

From Barron's • Apr. 19, 2026

“My color man took all the press notes, wadded them up and hit the tarantula like swinging a bat.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

People left flowers on his doorstep and sent his family notes of sympathy and solidarity.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

Gadd notes that when he was growing up in a small Scottish village, there was an attitude that Glasgow was a "scary" place but that isn't really the case.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

She wanted to get it organized and cleared off for me at first but kept getting sidetracked by missing invoices from Birdie’s or notes she’d left herself.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

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