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a written explanation, observation, etc. that is added to something (such as a book)
The translator's annotations to the text explain some of its cultural and historical context.
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Recent Examples of annotations
Beyond conversion, AcePDF offers editing tools such as merging and splitting PDFs, compressing large files, extracting images, adding annotations, and creating interactive forms.
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Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
The prose poem is written as annotations to a diagram of a handgun.
—Krys Malcolm Belc, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2026
The Fed published a virtual tour of the buildings to its website, along with annotations to the 2021 proposal and photographs of the renovations.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 12 Jan. 2026
Gut also notes that to perform annotations researchers are making increasing use of another genetic molecule, RNA, or ribonucleic acid.
—Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025
Notes, document annotations, scribbles and works of doodle art can be made using the latest Pen3 input, which has been designed to look like a regular pen.
—New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2025
If your annotations don't appear after saving, choose Print → Save as PDF to permanently embed them.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
The text interview features additional notes and annotations from Husain and has been popular among Bloomberg subscribers.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
Researchers constructed the WORKBank database, which, at the time of this writing, consists of 1,500 worker interviews and 52 AI expert annotations across 844 tasks.
—Wayne Liu, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
The prose poem is written as annotations to a diagram of a handgun.
—Krys Malcolm Belc, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2026
The Fed published a virtual tour of the buildings to its website, along with annotations to the 2021 proposal and photographs of the renovations.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 12 Jan. 2026
Gut also notes that to perform annotations researchers are making increasing use of another genetic molecule, RNA, or ribonucleic acid.
—Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025
Notes, document annotations, scribbles and works of doodle art can be made using the latest Pen3 input, which has been designed to look like a regular pen.
—New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2025
If your annotations don't appear after saving, choose Print → Save as PDF to permanently embed them.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
The text interview features additional notes and annotations from Husain and has been popular among Bloomberg subscribers.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
Researchers constructed the WORKBank database, which, at the time of this writing, consists of 1,500 worker interviews and 52 AI expert annotations across 844 tasks.
—Wayne Liu, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for annotations
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These Jones pieces and several others are accompanied by audio commentaries on which animation historians Michael Barrier, Greg Ford, and Eric Goldberg provide valuable context.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
17 Mar. 2026
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Later commentaries describe the relics that came out of the Buddha’s ashes as glittering jewels — some as small as mustard seeds and others resembling gems or golden nuggets.—
Deepa Bharath,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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The comments follow remarks from Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío, who indicated the government could offer a lump-sum compensation package to American claimants.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Luka Doncic Says Goga Bitadze Crossed a Line In a post-game press conference, Doncic said the exchange went beyond typical on-court trash talk and involved explicit remarks about his family.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
23 Mar. 2026
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Questions and comments will be moderated, read, and answered as time allows.—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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The comments follow remarks from Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío, who indicated the government could offer a lump-sum compensation package to American claimants.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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After the displays were removed, people left notes and drawings and held protests at the site.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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Reopening the Strait of Hormuz is far harder than shutting it, The New York Times notes.—
Clay Chandler,
semafor.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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But the center has seen an exodus of artists following the name change, while ticket sales have been lagging, according to analyses in the Washington Post and the New York Times.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2026
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In summary, engineering analyses and field reports show that exoskeletons can deliver substantial load reductions (often 30–50% in target muscles) and improve endurance.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Annotations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annotations. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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