How to Use notion in a Sentence

notion

noun
  • She had a vague notion about what happened.
  • She had a notion to try skydiving.
  • He has some pretty strange notions.
  • The study disproves any notion that dolphins are not intelligent.
  • And by the way, in terms of the, the whole notion of a vaccine.
    Jack Fowler, National Review, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Most of these founders share the notion that the more brands, the better.
    Noah Davis, GQ, 31 Jan. 2018
  • The notion that the game could have swung in the sixth didn’t, either.
    Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 20 June 2018
  • The notion that the brain talks to the immune system isn’t new.
    Esther Landhuis, Scientific American, 13 July 2018
  • But even some Democrats have come around to the notion that Trump was right the first time.
    Joel Mathis, The Week, 10 Dec. 2022
  • Some in the caucus seemed to scoff at this notion though.
    Alana Abramson, Time, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The notion that this could be a fad or a bleep on the screen was very real.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2023
  • And the notion that Snapchat might be a hub for bad actors?
    Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
  • But the notion lives on, with the hope that this time will be different.
    Michael C. Munger, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2021
  • To do this, the team turned to a notion of randomness called spread.
    Quanta Magazine, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Some will want to stomp both feet down hard on the brake pedal of that notion.
    Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 5 Oct. 2021
  • Besson has rebuked the notion that the movie is his comeback.
    Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
  • For many, the notion of going home is fraught with even more fear and pain.
    Hollie McKay, Fox News, 15 Aug. 2018
  • We are turned away at the gates of this country that has been built on the notion of it as a place of refugee.
    Brittney McNamara, Teen Vogue, 12 Dec. 2017
  • But none of them had any notion of where the pure water could be found.
    Ben Okri, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022
  • This is why the notion that men and women are the same is just absurd.
    Breccan F. Thies, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 July 2024
  • And the norms and notions of what just is Isn’t always justice.
    Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2023
  • When discussing the endgame, Miller echoes that notion.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2022
  • But this past week’s episode drop turned that notion on its head.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Marks pushed back on the notion that certain seats will be saved.
    Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Oct. 2021
  • In our post-truth era, a jury’s quest for the facts may seem like a quaint notion.
    Barbara McQuade, TIME, 29 May 2024
  • But the prime minister is averse to the notion of a second vote.
    The Economist, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Seems like some of the adults — terrified of such a notion — may need a safe space of their own.
    Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
  • One day, there might be a notion to try to pull some of those things up and finish them.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2023
  • The notion of something like that is a bizarre mystery.
    Carita Rizzo, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023
  • Now that notion is up for debate, particularly if Price is removed from office.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024

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