take notice

idiomatic phrase

: to become aware of or give attention to something or someone : to observe or treat something or someone with special attention

… one Saturday in October 1984, San Francisco coach Bill Walsh flipped on the TV to watch college football, saw Rice on the highlights and took notice.—

Peter King

—often used with of

It was a while before anyone took notice of the change.

… suggests that the academy is at last beginning to sit up and take notice of how the world really works.—

Terry Teachout

They took no notice of him. [=they ignored him]

Examples of take notice in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Black Desert, which will also host an unnamed LPGA event in 2025, isn’t the only course in Greater Zion playing host to professional events as more organizers begin to take notice of the region. —

Michael Loré, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024 Exactly how the technology warrants such spending—which is on the scale of, and may soon dwarf, that of the Apollo missions and the interstate-highway system—is entirely unclear, and investors are taking notice. —

Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024 When the chain closed several locations, people took notice. —

Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2024 Only then did major corporations like Tyson and General Mills take notice and start making changes as late adopters—not for the philosophy, but for newfound profit opportunities. —

Mark Weinstein, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for take notice

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