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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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Not everyone needs a tablet that costs as much as rent.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
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While most are swallowed, like Allegra Allergy 24-Hour Allergy Relief Tablets, not all people enjoy swallowing tablets.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The first week of spring practice has come and gone for coach Tim Albin and the Charlotte 49ers, who put on pads for the first time Saturday morning.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
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Sleeping bags were permitted, but not pillows or pads.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Hybe owns the band’s record label, Big Hit Music, which brought BTS to international fame after the release of their first album in 2013.—
Sydney Goh,
CNBC,
29 Mar. 2026
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This maximalism wasn’t only the approach to back-half album cuts.—
Jackson Howard,
Pitchfork,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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An update on Musgrove is in Sanders’ notebook (here).—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Not bad for a beauty editor whose platform is a notebook and a set of colored pencils.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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By then, a New York Tribune reporter had arrived and was furiously scribbling into his notepad.—
Charlotte Brooks,
Big Think,
13 Mar. 2026
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Webb looks at his watch and scribbles in his notepad.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Scratch pad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratch%20pad. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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