as in novelties
small useful items
the fabric store had a wide variety of thread, pins, buttons, and other notions
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Recent Examples of notions
Atlanta — Going into retirement, 58-year-old David White of Atlanta, Georgia, had some preconceived notions.
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Steve Hartman, CBS News, 16 May 2026
With a cast drawn from comedy-scene friends such as Kate Berlant and Conner O’Malley all tuned into a very specific wavelength, the movie somehow surpasses conventional notions of camp and irony to exist in a genuinely unique space all its own.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
For Dua, puberty and social maturity become knotted up in unpredictable notions of bodily harm (whether acted upon, or merely threatened), as Serbian boys and men harass her on the way home from school, lacing their catcalls with ethnic slurs.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 May 2026
From the start, Good Omens has been about redefining the notions of good and evil by exploring the common ground between the forces of light and darkness, a process brought full circle by the unexpectedly chummy rapport God and Satan fall into.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 13 May 2026
Available for 50,000 euros a week, the villa positions itself firmly within the ultra-luxury category, though Château de Berne appears less interested in traditional notions of opulence than in constructing a particularly French perspective.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
Furthermore, two specific notions have been elaborated within the constructivist approach in media studies, namely media construct and simulacrum, theorized, respectively, by Gilles Deleuze and Jean Baudrillard.
—Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 May 2026
The unfortunate thing about that disdain is that Kennedy has the power to impose his bizarre notions on the entire country.
—Fran Moreland Johns, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
And all sorts of people—technologists, writers, artists, politicians, investors, and businesspeople—now work to shape our notions about what’s to come.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
Steve Hartman, CBS News, 16 May 2026
With a cast drawn from comedy-scene friends such as Kate Berlant and Conner O’Malley all tuned into a very specific wavelength, the movie somehow surpasses conventional notions of camp and irony to exist in a genuinely unique space all its own.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
For Dua, puberty and social maturity become knotted up in unpredictable notions of bodily harm (whether acted upon, or merely threatened), as Serbian boys and men harass her on the way home from school, lacing their catcalls with ethnic slurs.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 May 2026
From the start, Good Omens has been about redefining the notions of good and evil by exploring the common ground between the forces of light and darkness, a process brought full circle by the unexpectedly chummy rapport God and Satan fall into.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 13 May 2026
Available for 50,000 euros a week, the villa positions itself firmly within the ultra-luxury category, though Château de Berne appears less interested in traditional notions of opulence than in constructing a particularly French perspective.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
Furthermore, two specific notions have been elaborated within the constructivist approach in media studies, namely media construct and simulacrum, theorized, respectively, by Gilles Deleuze and Jean Baudrillard.
—Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 May 2026
The unfortunate thing about that disdain is that Kennedy has the power to impose his bizarre notions on the entire country.
—Fran Moreland Johns, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
And all sorts of people—technologists, writers, artists, politicians, investors, and businesspeople—now work to shape our notions about what’s to come.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for notions
novelties
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Among all these elaborate and painstakingly studied novelties, loaves of barbari, the bread that kicked it off, await almost humbly.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
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Among the novelties in this edition, which lured close to 11,000 in both festival and industry events, were outdoor screenings, out of competition screenings and an extension to the capital of Bogotá which will showcase some nine Alternativa participants.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
3 May 2026
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“Notions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/notions. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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