Thesaurus results for NOTCHES

notches 1 of 2

noun

plural of notch

as in chips

a V-shaped cut usually on an edge or a surface lifted up the fence rail and positioned it in the notch cut into the post

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as in canyons

a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage try to get through the notch before the storm blows in

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as in steps

an individual part of a process, series, or ranking sales for the album increased, and it moved up another notch on the music charts

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notches

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verb

present tense third-person singular of notch

as in grooves

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Recent Examples of notches

Noun

This set has soft velvet fabric as well as notches to prevent clothing from slipping off. — Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 2 Aug. 2026 Oracle carries a rating of Baa2 with a negative outlook, placing it just two notches above junk status. — Hugh Son, CNBC, 24 July 2026 Best Buy has Apple's best ultraportable on sale for $300, bringing the hefty $2,899 list price down a few notches to $2,599. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 1 July 2026 Release the line from the notches and snap the trimmer head back together. — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 29 June 2026 And revision cases take the challenge up several notches. — Victoria Oliva, Allure, 23 June 2026 And if your wallet is feeling particularly flush with cash, an ambient-light-rejecting (ALR)/Fresnel screen will bump up the quality of the cinema experience by several notches. — Paul Ridden june 22, New Atlas, 22 June 2026 Hukporti is trying to turn Shamet up several notches. — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026 Such a reader would be even more exasperated by The End of Everything, which turns the dial up several notches. — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for notches

Noun

And as part of a deal to secure export licenses for advanced chips from the US government, HUMAIN will not allow Chinese frontier AI models to be trained on its compute capacity.

— Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026
As chips and processors became more powerful, retail trading platforms could process and display increasingly large amounts of market data.

— Brian Lund, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of chips

Noun

After passing through Denver, expect to ascend the Rockies, glide over Utah’s salt flats, past red rock canyons, and along the Sierra Nevadas.

— Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026
The monsoon season can be a particularly dangerous time in mountain canyons in Utah and the Southwest.

— Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of canyons

Noun

The Mamdani administration has taken encouraging steps, including offering free naloxone by mail through its Just in Case campaign and investing $12 million to train and employ 500 additional peer specialists.

— Joel Teron, New York Daily News, 31 Aug. 2026
That combination—a hard deadline six years out and a Congress that can’t agree on next steps—is precisely what Shedden says is pushing clients toward the exits early, even though claiming at 62 locks in a permanently smaller monthly check for life.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of steps

Verb

Each one is see-through, so all the contents are organized but still in view, and the lids feature grooves for secure stacking.

— Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2026
But when Las Vegas’s the Killers traded in the Anglophilia and new wave nostalgia of 2004’s Hot Fuss for the E Street Band grooves and Americana imagery of Sam’s Town, fans and critics were divided.

— Al Shipley, SPIN, 29 June 2026

Definition of grooves

Noun

The campaign showcases Diesel’s creased denim treated with resin, 3-D denim, trompe l’oeil cable knit denim and the new regular-fit D-Heel jean, which has hidden vertical slits near the ankle, perfect for slipping through a stiletto heel.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
Its material is breathable and wrinkle-resistant, and the midi hemline has two side slits that make the dress easy to move in.

— Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of slits

Noun

Lake Overstreet has about five miles of multi-use trails through live oaks (a northern Florida staple), hills and ravines surrounding a secluded 144-acre lake.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Rising from near the Aegean coast to 9,573-foot Mytikas, Greece’s highest peak, the mountain encompasses forests, ravines, limestone cliffs, and alpine habitat with unusually rich plant diversity.

— Bailey Berg, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of ravines

Noun

This year, Oura, one of the tournament’s sponsors, set up a recovery station near Court 5 with thermal imaging to test body temperature and cooling stations to relax between points.

— Aaron Short, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026
The 24-year-old had a career-high 56 points last season and is entering the final year of a two-year, $3 million average annual value contract.

— Peter Baugh, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026