sticky note

noun

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

Examples of sticky note in a Sentence

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Set out a reminder for yourself: Drape a kitchen towel over the patio door, set a spray bottle by the door, or tack a sticky note to the door. Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 18 June 2026 Baumann and Moreton have also started making some of their own designs, including fidgets that look like inhalers, sticky note holders and crayons. Jennifer Liu valentina Duarte, CNBC, 14 June 2026 FedEx truck dash cam footage shown Prosecutors showed jurors multiple videos of driver Tanner Horner covering and uncovering the truck's dash camera using what appeared to be a sticky note. Andrea Lucia, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026 Watch this video to see how to create a digital sticky note on your Mac or PC. Cody Godwin, USA Today, 16 Jan. 2026 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 22 Jun. 2026.

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