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Recent Examples of scratch pad
Quick Notes, for example, is your new digital scratch pad for jotting down notes.
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Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 30 Sep. 2025
In the company’s office at 57 Broadway, Mead pulled out a yellow scratch pad and jotted a profit-sharing proposal: McKim—42 percent; Mead—33 percent; White—25 percent.
—Henry Wiencek
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
Blue Jackets fans have had two choices over the past couple of weeks … twiddle their thumbs or get out a scratch pad and start doodling lines and pairs with an eye toward the start of the 2024-25 season.
—Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 21 July 2024
The desktop scratch pad has a laundry list of ideas to try in the coming months in my continuing effort to examine sports from different perspectives.
—Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 3 May 2023
Part scratching post, part toy, this round and standalone scratch pad features an insert for the cardboard scratchpads, which are easy to replace.
—Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 14 Apr. 2023
Jones Road’s site reveals easy, scratch pad-like breakdowns of scores of achievable makeup looks, shown on models of all races and ages.
—Laura Neilson, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Nov. 2021
Beach Cat Scratcher House ($14.99; target.com) Give your cat the summer state of mind with this adorable scratch pad beach house.
—Kami Phillips, CNN Underscored, 25 June 2020
To get to 90 percent utilization, IBM had to design the scratch pad with a huge read/write bandwidth, 192 gigabytes per second.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2018
Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 30 Sep. 2025
In the company’s office at 57 Broadway, Mead pulled out a yellow scratch pad and jotted a profit-sharing proposal: McKim—42 percent; Mead—33 percent; White—25 percent.
—Henry Wiencek
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
Blue Jackets fans have had two choices over the past couple of weeks … twiddle their thumbs or get out a scratch pad and start doodling lines and pairs with an eye toward the start of the 2024-25 season.
—Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 21 July 2024
The desktop scratch pad has a laundry list of ideas to try in the coming months in my continuing effort to examine sports from different perspectives.
—Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 3 May 2023
Part scratching post, part toy, this round and standalone scratch pad features an insert for the cardboard scratchpads, which are easy to replace.
—Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 14 Apr. 2023
Jones Road’s site reveals easy, scratch pad-like breakdowns of scores of achievable makeup looks, shown on models of all races and ages.
—Laura Neilson, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Nov. 2021
Beach Cat Scratcher House ($14.99; target.com) Give your cat the summer state of mind with this adorable scratch pad beach house.
—Kami Phillips, CNN Underscored, 25 June 2020
To get to 90 percent utilization, IBM had to design the scratch pad with a huge read/write bandwidth, 192 gigabytes per second.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scratch pad
Noun
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But the project’s creators say the pad is meant to reach beyond the rhythm-gamers, connecting via Bluetooth to be used as a standard controller, which means it can be used with a wide range of titles on smartphones, tablets, smart TVs and computers.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 Mar. 2026
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But smartphones and tablets represent about 35% of global DRAM revenue, computers are 25% and servers and data centers are about 20%, according to UBS.—
Breana Noble,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Recovery from the 2024 incident In August 2024, the space industry watched as a first-stage hot fire test ended in an explosion on the pad.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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But Laughton, making his Kings debut, got that back two minutes later, lining a low wrist shot from a tough angle off the pads of Canadiens goalie Jakub Dobes.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The tour is in support of his first album in eight years, which came out in January.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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This is the first time two female country music stars have topped Billboard’s singles chart and album chart, per NPR.—
Lucas Shaw,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Let’s open the notebook to run through three NBA trends that have caught my eye this past week.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The video showed what appeared to be Maas closing a notebook and opening a bottle of champagne.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Keep a notepad on your nightstand.—
Allison Palmer
March 4,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Mar. 2026
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The hefty notepad features 65 warm-white, lined pages that are perfectly spaced to write grocery lists, jot reminders, and more.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Scratch pad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratch%20pad. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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