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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 annotated
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.
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Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
These are showcased alongside engravers’ prints and unpublished documents, such as preparatory Polaroids and test prints annotated by Avedon.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
Landsat/Copernicus/Google Earth A satellite image provided by Google Earth and annotated by Newsweek shows Charlie Kirk's location at the time of his shooting and the nearby Losee Center on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
—Amanda Castro
gabe Whisnant
anna Commander
toby Meyjes
shane Croucher
john Feng
joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Once they’ve been admitted, users have access to profiles of men annotated with information such as background checks and dating reviews; men with shady dating histories are rated with red flags.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2025
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Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
These are showcased alongside engravers’ prints and unpublished documents, such as preparatory Polaroids and test prints annotated by Avedon.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
Landsat/Copernicus/Google Earth A satellite image provided by Google Earth and annotated by Newsweek shows Charlie Kirk's location at the time of his shooting and the nearby Losee Center on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
—Amanda Castro
gabe Whisnant
anna Commander
toby Meyjes
shane Croucher
john Feng
joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Once they’ve been admitted, users have access to profiles of men annotated with information such as background checks and dating reviews; men with shady dating histories are rated with red flags.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2025
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Smith is careful about how that number is interpreted.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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In late 2025, Carr made comments interpreted by some as a threat to pull ABC station licenses if Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t fired from late night over remarks the comedian made on his show about Charlie Kirk’s assassination.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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After the Apollo samples were returned to Earth and analyzed, textbooks were updated with a wealth of new information about the moon.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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The team then analyzed how some of the most common techniques affect overall song structures.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
19 Feb. 2026
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What Happens to Your Heart in the Cold When you're exposed to the cold, your body naturally tries to preserve its internal temperature, explained James Udelson, MD, interim chief physician executive of the CardioVascular Center and chief of cardiology at Tufts Medical Center.—
Jenna Anderson,
Health,
23 Feb. 2026
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In a sell-off like this, Jim explained, a hedge fund might typically avoid it and then come back to it.—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
23 Feb. 2026
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The inflation Sarkisian described is most powerfully illustrated through head coaching salaries.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
24 Feb. 2026
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Despite the calm, residents remained wary of the media frenzy the neighborhood had seen for several weeks, illustrated by a sign posted on a pole down the street from Guthrie’s house.—
Helen Rummel,
AZCentral.com,
22 Feb. 2026
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But if anyone hoped for a night of tidy answers, BAFTA offered the opposite with a loud reshuffle that may have clarified one thing and destabilized nearly everything else.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
22 Feb. 2026
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This study not only clarified the date of the burial, which drove archaeologists practically mad, as no one could determine why the dates kept coming back so broadly, but also settled the matter once and for all.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Annotated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annotated. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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