Thesaurus results for JOT (DOWN)

jot (down)

verb

Definition of jot (down)

as in to record

to make a written note of I'll jot down the message

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In April, Wicked star Cynthia Erivo halted her performance of Dracula at the Noël Coward Theatre after spotting an audience member recording the show.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026
Musically, the album showed the band evolving beyond the Southern-rockisms of Opera, drawing upon contemporary influences like Centromatic and Steve Earle as well as heroes who recorded in their hometown.

— Jim Beaugez, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of record

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Other inventive scenes include Duong’s father reading from his memoir in Vietnamese, as his relatives do not speak or read English, and so will not have heard his story as written down.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026
For another, a cookbook of family recipes nobody had written down.

— Jamie Farmer, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of write down

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People report feeling less lonely after chatting with an AI companion, which resembles seeking comfort.

— Pascal Vrticka, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2026
Chinese media also reported that participating forces were stationed underground during the exercise to protect them from drone attacks, illustrating how persistent aerial surveillance and strike drones are changing battlefield operations.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of report

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The crew member eventually persuaded Saudi authorities to allow the plane to set down at Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Airport in the city of Tabuk.

— Sam Metz, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Chicago's Colson Montgomery set the season record for strikeouts with 224 when he was set down looking in the fifth inning by Tomoyuki Sugano.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of set down

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The conversations are already recorded and transcribed, so the more durable approach is to read the record instead of relying on memory.

— Snehal Nimje, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Liberated from the genome, the sequence in the RNA copy is then reverse-transcribed into DNA at a different location.

— Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of transcribe

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Critics note the change would mean the sun rises an hour later on winter mornings, leaving more children traveling to school and commuters, construction workers, farmers and others heading to work before daylight.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
About 788,000 workers a year made similar moves between 2019 and 2022, during the pandemic, without lasting damage, the report notes.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2026

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