scratch pads

plural of scratch pad

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Noun
  • All personal electronic devices, including cellphones, tablets, wireless headphones or earbuds, and smart watches, must be turned off and stored away from the student during the entire school day.
    Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Carrying a full-size mouse, presentation clicker, and another remote for TVs or tablets can feel like a lot for a regular workday.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Featuring two pads built for high-frequency flight campaigns, this addition brings Rocket Lab’s global network to six operational pads across two hemispheres, expanding beyond its active sites in New Zealand (LC-1) and Virginia (LC-2 and LC-3).
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026
  • That means my greasy microfiber cloths do get washed with my cotton drying towels, along with oven mitts, linen napkins, and the seat pads for my counter stools (my kids somehow manage to trash them every week).
    Emily Farris, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Only one song on the 19-song set list was released this year, and the majority came from albums that are at least 16 years old.
    Joseph Hernandez August 13, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026
  • One attracted attention worldwide and set a record for the highest sales in the first week in South Korea among debut albums released that year.
    Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Ostraca — pottery sherds that ancient people used as an inexpensive writing surface — served as the notepads and record books of their time.
    Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Written by Staprans on notepads in his San Francisco home, the play is credited as an inspiration to the pro-democracy movement that helped bring the fall of the Soviet Union.
    Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The best smart notebooks This smart notebook fits in a pocket, has 48 reusable pages and comes with the Pilot Frixion pen required for note-taking.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Lunch boxes, markers, notebooks and notebook filler paper.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Scratch pads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratch%20pads. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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