as in note
a usually brief written reminder he had scribbled his notation so quickly I couldn't read it

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Recent Examples of notation On one page there were a few bars of notation—the kernel of all your subsequent insights into music and truth. Anne Carson, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025 The setup can serve as a MIDI controller for use with digital audio workstations, plugins, transcription/notation software and virtual instruments. New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2025 According to American Bureau of Shipping, the next milestones for the project team include developing new requirements for high-voltage systems, as well as a new ABS notation. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2025 The origins of many words are simply lost in the mists of history, a disappointment that lexicographers record with the frustrating notation origin unknown, or orig. Martha Barnette august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for notation
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Noun
  • The council was not provided with all documentation and interview notes used to create the report, the follow-up said.
    Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 24 Oct. 2025
  • There’s the 1970 AFC Pro Bowl helmet of cornerback Jim Marsalis; notes describing the terms of the NFL-AFL merger; and correspondence with toy company Wham-O — creators of the Super Ball — as Hunt looked to find a suitable name for pro football’s newest championship game.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
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  • Both memos referred to the 2025 NFL Gambling Policy Points of Emphasis document.
    Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • In a memo dated July 31, assistant state attorney in charge Melissa Kelly declined to charge the mother with one count of child neglect.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Notation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/notation. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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