Thesaurus results for ANNOTATIONS

annotations

noun

plural of annotation

as in commentaries

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 One is taking photos, using a blue shroud to prevent reflections and a zoom lens, and the other is using a portable computing device to make annotations. —

CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026 Beyond conversion, AcePDF offers editing tools such as merging and splitting PDFs, compressing large files, extracting images, adding annotations, and creating interactive forms. —

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

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While Bright Lights is a clinically sound and narratively solid depiction of a sickness, this movie adaptation lacks the novel’s deliciously acerbic descriptions of New York’s sick social scene as well as its protagonist’s self-aware commentaries.

— Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026
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