Thesaurus results for JOTTING (DOWN)

jotting (down)

verb

Definition of jotting (down)

present participle of jot (down)

as in recording

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

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Northern Illinois drops after not recording a first down at Iowa until late in the third quarter against the Hawkeyes' third-string defense.

— Chris Vannini, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Reliever Seth Halvorsen gave up three hits without recording an out in the ninth, but the Dodgers had built up enough of a lead to weather a Washington (67-76) comeback attempt.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of recording

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Out of those three players, Zizic played the most for the Cavs, logging 113 games over three seasons.

— Shakeia Taylor, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Of those, 6,100 volunteers protected 440 synagogues and nearly 100 Jewish events, logging more than 300,000 guard hours across 24 states.

— Ariella Noveck, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of logging

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Atul Gawande’s The Checklist Manifesto shows the benefits of experts writing down the small part of their experience and knowledge that can be written down.

— Timor Brik, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Why would a woman counting down the hours until her suicide still be writing down joke ideas?

— Judy Berman, Time, 29 May 2026

Definition of writing down

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Platforms including Cluely, Interview Coder, and Final Round AI render answers on the candidate’s own display, outside the layer a screen share captures, while transcribing the interviewer’s audio as the conversation happens.

— Kara Dennison, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
And the days are coming when AI is meaningfully involved in clinical care, beyond just transcribing our own words, and the follow-up recommendation deviates from the standard of care.

— Frances Mei Hardin, STAT, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of transcribing

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James Gray continued his festival tour with Paper Tiger this weekend setting down in the Locarno Film Festival to receive an honorary award ahead of the film’s Swiss premiere on its landmark Piazza Grande.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2026
Nunez has heard of other writers who proficiently multitask, setting down a partial manuscript while starting another, interspersing it all with stories and essays.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 July 2026

Definition of setting down

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By nightfall, the protests turned violent, people hurling bricks and taking down the American flag in favor of the Confederate colors.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
Ashton Jeanty and the Las Vegas Raiders opened their season by taking down the Miami Dolphins 27-13 on Sunday at Allegiant Stadium.

— Sam Warren, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of taking down

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Chris Douglas, a professor of economics at the University of Michigan-Flint, called it unlikely that stick prices will go up 50% across the board, noting Canada's modest market share, but wonders what will happen if demand increases.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
The power of representation Castillo Flores is eager to see wider representation, noting that Hollywood, in general, hasn’t had the best track record.

— Eve Chen, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026

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