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
The brand new house aims to shake up the old publishing playbook by exploding notions of genre and form, and celebrating the subcultures driving artistic innovation.
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Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
Everyone was looking for an edge, and that trumped clinging to old notions.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
By juxtaposing humble materials like wood and tagua-nut shell with diamonds and gemstones, the line also questions conventional notions of what’s truly precious.
—Jill Newman, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2026
As Jackie herself once reminded John, a Kennedy has no choice but to accept that the press and public will speculate, interpret, exaggerate, and invent notions about them based on their own suppositions.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
The idea is that a guy goes back in time and his preconceived notions of history are completely different, and his modern ignorance gets the best of him.
—Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 24 Feb. 2026
These aren’t just vague wellness notions.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
In the heyday of ESG investing, trillions poured into vague notions of sustainability with a vision of enormous returns but without a clear plan.
—Justin Worland, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
The term fun parent comes with plenty of connotations (good and bad) and preconceived notions.
—Jana Pollack, Parents, 15 Feb. 2026
Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
Everyone was looking for an edge, and that trumped clinging to old notions.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
By juxtaposing humble materials like wood and tagua-nut shell with diamonds and gemstones, the line also questions conventional notions of what’s truly precious.
—Jill Newman, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2026
As Jackie herself once reminded John, a Kennedy has no choice but to accept that the press and public will speculate, interpret, exaggerate, and invent notions about them based on their own suppositions.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
The idea is that a guy goes back in time and his preconceived notions of history are completely different, and his modern ignorance gets the best of him.
—Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 24 Feb. 2026
These aren’t just vague wellness notions.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
In the heyday of ESG investing, trillions poured into vague notions of sustainability with a vision of enormous returns but without a clear plan.
—Justin Worland, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
The term fun parent comes with plenty of connotations (good and bad) and preconceived notions.
—Jana Pollack, Parents, 15 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for notions
novelties
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Best Shopping Desert General Store Zuchowicki and his wife Françoise Lazard curate a selection of clothing, jewelry, souvenirs, novelties, and books at Desert General Store, importing items from around the world.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Feb. 2026
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Sumo is both sport and spectacle, a pageantry of difference celebrating novelties like Ozora Buzaemon, who competed in just one tournament in March 1827 but became a national sensation owing to his extraordinary height of more than seven feet.—
Joshua Hunt,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Notions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/notions. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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