as in to interpret
to add notes or comments to (a text, book, drawing, etc.)
He annotated the text at several places. annotate a list
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Recent Examples of annotate
Color ereaders like the Kindle Colorsoft and upcoming Kindle Scribe Colorsoft are designed for those looking to read comic books, graphic novels, magazines, and manga, and to annotate documents such as PDF files.
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PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2025
Many iPhone users have long wanted an easier way to edit, annotate and scan documents without relying on third-party tools.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Yet, despite this thorough materialism, the survival of Lucretius’ poem depends entirely on two manuscripts copied out in the Carolingian period, and one of them was certainly at the royal court, where it was studied and annotated by the Irish scholar Dungal.
—Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
Robinson and Quijada annotate Mexodus with lessons on the separate but entwined oppression of Black and Latino people in the United States as well as anecdotes from their own lives, emphasizing the importance of solidarity between the groups.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
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PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2025
Many iPhone users have long wanted an easier way to edit, annotate and scan documents without relying on third-party tools.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Yet, despite this thorough materialism, the survival of Lucretius’ poem depends entirely on two manuscripts copied out in the Carolingian period, and one of them was certainly at the royal court, where it was studied and annotated by the Irish scholar Dungal.
—Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
Robinson and Quijada annotate Mexodus with lessons on the separate but entwined oppression of Black and Latino people in the United States as well as anecdotes from their own lives, emphasizing the importance of solidarity between the groups.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annotate
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It cannot even be interpreted like that.—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Understanding Latin America is not merely a requirement for interpreting headlines about Venezuela but a prerequisite for Americans to understand themselves and their place in the world.—
Ana L. Ros,
The Conversation,
26 Jan. 2026
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The system can also analyze images to identify items and shop for similar products within a set budget.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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What researchers discovered inside iOS apps Security researchers at Cybernews, a cybersecurity research firm, analyzed the code of more than 156,000 iPhone apps.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Gabbard has not explained her involvement in the case herself.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Jan. 2026
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On Rough and Rowdy Ways, Dylan also reemerges as a restless, sometimes cordial, often corrosive analyst, agreeing at last to engage—if not fully to explain—the whats, hows, and, possibly whys of his creative life.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Advocates said that finding illustrates the severe lack of housing capacity in Orange County.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
27 Jan. 2026
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Moore’s Law illustrates the exponential growth of computing power over decades—a compounding curve that explains why so many breakthroughs are converging at once.—
Phil Kafarakis,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Within days of the executive order, OPM issued formal government-wide implementation guidance clarifying how agencies should identify and reclassify covered positions.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Speaking to reporters after the debate, Stratton sought to clarify her earlier comment suggesting Border Patrol would remain in place if ICE were abolished.—
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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