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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
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.
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Wayne Liu, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Separate from the policies, there are hundreds of examples, notes, and annotations that reflect teams grappling with different hypothetical scenarios.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Separate from the policies, there are hundreds of examples, notes, and annotations that reflect teams grappling with different hypothetical scenarios.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025
Wayne Liu, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Separate from the policies, there are hundreds of examples, notes, and annotations that reflect teams grappling with different hypothetical scenarios.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Separate from the policies, there are hundreds of examples, notes, and annotations that reflect teams grappling with different hypothetical scenarios.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for annotations
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Procell's remarks specifically focused on finding funding for the office and improving youth engagement.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Rowe also cited remarks covered by Fortune from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about the need for blue-collar workers to power the data-center infrastructure underlying the AI boom.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, the commentaries sound designer Ben Burtt also did the original Star Wars trilogy molding in the Disney vault.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
1 Sep. 2025
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Thanks for playing — and share your scores in the comments!—
Mark Cooper,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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The comments prompted Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears to call out the governor in Mears' first tweet in nearly three years.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
5 Oct. 2025
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It's not meant as a compliment, Unscramblerer notes, as it's often deployed in cyberbullying.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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Bubbly and bright like Glinda, her fragrance includes notes of pink sparkle apple, blush nectarine, and pink pepper, for a charming gourmand scent.—
Ali Faccenda,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
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Community colleges and higher education The budget includes about $493 million in funding for community colleges in Michigan, a slight increase from the previous fiscal year, according to fiscal analyses.—
Clara Hendrickson,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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By comparison, the 2024 heat death report from just one county in Arizona is longer and includes more in-depth analyses of risk factors, contributing weather events and suggested pathways forward.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Annotations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annotations. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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