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notation

noun

nō-ˈtā-shən

Definition of notation

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 Bearing extensive handwritten notations and edits by the authors, it is estimated to sell for between $1 and $2 million. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 June 2026 Her fiddling is a looser, freer, more accessible type of memorialization—less a notation than an invocation, a summoning of her homeland’s spirit. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 There was Solresol, an early-nineteenth-century language based on musical notation, and the largely monosyllabic Volapük, invented by a German Catholic priest who believed himself to be divinely inspired. — Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026 Jessica Guynn has a story about a music teacher who devised a new teaching method around a notation system based on languages students already knew – their ABCs and 123s. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 26 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for notation

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When a car gets flagged, the racing team gets a note (copied to the FIA) and a short window to fix it.

— Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The high note Giuliani left office on — after mulling avenues to stay in office past the limitation — burnished his public profile with lucrative results, said his 1993 campaign press secretary Ken Frydman.

— Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

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The two ex-NFL signees who joined LSU’s fall camp roster amid a legal fight but were not rostered for games cannot visit or join an NFL team this season, the league told its teams in a Wednesday memo obtained by The Athletic.

— Chris Vannini, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Instead, the memo said those claims should be submitted only to the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which oversees the housing of unaccompanied minors.

— Ryan J. Foley, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

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