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jots (down)

verb

present tense third-person singular of jot (down)

as in logs

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

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The wallet itself runs checks against counterparties, enforces spending rules, and logs every interaction, effectively preventing the agent from acting outside approved parameters.

— Aaron Stanley, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
In a typical year, Michigan logs around fifty cyclospora infections; in the past month, the state has recorded more than three thousand.

— Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 14 July 2026

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Each year, the department faces lawsuits cataloging records inquiries that the LAPD failed to respond to by the 10-day or 24-day deadline.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
The alleged crime In the early hours of May 10, 2025, Pearson allegedly approached the house where the victim was sleeping, court records state.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026

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When a customer calls, the system transcribes the conversation and redacts personal information before the information is shared with the AI assistant, Dunn said.

— William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2025
As more 911 calls come in, AI transcribes them on another screen.

— Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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With the win, Fonseca, 19, became the first teenager to ever beat Djokovic in a Grand Slam event and the second player to ever come back from being two sets down to beat the Serbian tennis legend, according to Reuters.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
Jodar, meantime, came from two sets down against 34-year-old Pablo Carreno Busta to win in five sets, 4-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2.

— Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026

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OpenAI is offering every college student in Georgia a $100 credit to be used on Codex, its artificial intelligence program that enables users to build software, apps, websites and other technical projects, Jason Armesto reports.

— Adam Beam, AJC.com, 29 July 2026
Its glare is expected to wash out many of the fainter meteors, the Farmers’ Almanac reports.

— Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 29 July 2026

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Its announcement notes that condominium communities across the country are facing the growing challenge of funding critical structural repairs while maintaining affordability for homeowners.

— Christyne D. Santisteban, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
The guide notes that kinetic strikes come with higher risk of causing collateral damage and impacting bystanders.

— Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026

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The trio rebuild the tower and Guerrero goes up again, pulling the line for about four minutes more before the group takes down the tower, wheels the cart away from the window and walks away.

— John Annese, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026
Kennedale takes down Van Alstyne Senior guards Jacoby Lovings and Trey Smith scored 14 and 11 points, respectively, as Kennedale defeated Van Alstyne 60-47 in a Class 4A Division II area-round game on Friday at Little Elm Braswell High School.

— Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Feb. 2026

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