notes

¹ British  

/ nəʊts /

plural noun

1. short descriptive or summarized jottings taken down for future reference

2. a record of impressions, reflections, etc, esp as a literary form

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NOTES ² British  

/ nəʊts /

abbreviation

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

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Example Sentences

Pai-Verma notes the irony of having patients eager to take unapproved peptides but wary of taking medications with long track records of safety and efficacy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Half of all dollar-denominated emerging market bonds are backed by investment-grade issuers and more than 40% by oil exporters, he notes.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

He used that data to locate Okello Chatrie, then obtained a search warrant of his home where the cash and the holdup notes were found.

From Los Angeles Times • 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

Welchman looks at me for a long second, then returns to his notes.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin