sticky note

noun

: a slip of notepaper having an adhesive strip on the back that allows attachment to and removal from a surface

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Health inspectors said mussels were missing a sticky note indicating when they should be discarded. Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025 The door to one of the suites has a sticky note on it that says kat’s participant. Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025 The very next day, Brock quietly placed a yellow sticky note on Rivera’s computer. Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025 Set a reminder, such as an alert on your phone or a sticky note on your bathroom mirror, to extinguish the candle. Staff Author, Verywell Health, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sticky note

Word History

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sticky note was in 1978

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“Sticky note.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sticky%20note. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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