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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Those words are written on a sticky note on the desk of Thomas Weiss, a professor of international relations and global governance at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. Fatma Tanis, NPR, 1 Aug. 2025 If your company offers a home-office stipend, consider investing in a workstation with a sit-stand option and use a sticky note or timer to rotate positions every 30-60 minutes. Dilan Gomih, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025 Put the student’s name on the phone (as with a sticky note). Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 27 June 2025 Perhaps most useful for sticky note aficionados is the app’s ability to quickly group sticky notes. ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sticky note

Word History

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

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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 19 Aug. 2025.

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