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 This novel comes to readers in the form of a poem—one written by a fictional poet and accompanied by annotations from the poet’s (also fictional) colleague. — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026 The form toolkit supports creating interactive forms or completing existing ones with text, checkboxes, shapes, and annotations. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026 The hundred-and-ninety-two-page document appeared to be an incomplete draft, and was filled with annotations, in bright-red text, about factual errors and unsourced claims. — Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026 Pioneer Girl was ultimately published in 2014 with annotations. — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026 The book presents 366 Mountain Goats songs, one for each day of the year including one for February 29, along with notes from Darnielle that range from honest accounts detailing his former struggles with drug addiction to more cryptic annotations. — David Harris, SPIN, 6 July 2026 The 167-page typescript has three pages written in pencil, with annotations and revisions by Wilson along with early AA member Hank Parkhurst, some in green and red pencil, some in ink. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 June 2026 While the annotations offer insight across the plaques, they are not meant to be comprehensive. — New York Times, 11 June 2026 Musicians can move through scores, make quick annotations, or adjust sections without breaking concentration. — William Jones, USA Today, 3 June 2026

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Mittelman also recorded some 200 brief commentaries on especially significant productions.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Additionally, several legal and policy commentaries stress that the absence of direct consumer refunds reflects statutory and administrative constraints rather than a deliberate effort to deny households relief.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of commentaries

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Other premiers, such as Ontario’s Doug Ford — who leads the country’s most populous region — did not make any public remarks on Thursday or earlier Friday.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2026
His remarks underscored the challenges for humanoid robots entering the human workforce.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of remarks

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With age not on his side, there was clear frustration in Fernandes’ post-match comments after Saturday’s awful 2-0 defeat at Hull City.

— Andy Mitten, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
The comments came after uptown food vendors were temporarily restricted from operating after midnight in June following an increase in late-night violence, CharlotteFive reported.

— Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of comments

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All four stars ably play the stoic and sorrowful notes required of them, without finding many secondary or contrasting ones in their dialogue.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
Citrus, woods, and aromatic notes undercut some of vanilla’s sweetness and offer a sophisticated result.

— Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of notes

Noun

But additional analyses controlling for other variables found that the impact of coding agents on app production was about a 160% increase in apps by April 2026 compared to the period two years prior.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
According to analyses by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the integrated model is central to biomedical progress.

— Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

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