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 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 Meanwhile, notes, sketches, and quick annotations feel natural with the responsive pen. —

PC Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025 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

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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
Northeastern University School of Law’s Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI) has argued through litigation and commentaries that sports betting is a public health concern due to its addictive qualities, aggressive marketing by companies, and the ease of placing a bet through an app.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 Feb. 2026