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jots (down)

verb

present tense third-person singular of jot (down)

as in logs

to make a written note of I'll jot down the message

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The screen porch is the family’s favorite spot in the summer, and Old logs hours there reading or working on needlepoint projects.

— Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2026
For mills, the platform logs article selections, price discussions and keeps track of what a client has sampled—costly investment by mills that is often overlooked by brands.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026

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When a customer calls, the system transcribes the conversation and redacts personal information before the information is shared with the AI assistant, Dunn said.

— William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2025
As more 911 calls come in, AI transcribes them on another screen.

— Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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With the win, Fonseca, 19, became the first teenager to ever beat Djokovic in a Grand Slam event and the second player to ever come back from being two sets down to beat the Serbian tennis legend, according to Reuters.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
Jodar, meantime, came from two sets down against 34-year-old Pablo Carreno Busta to win in five sets, 4-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2.

— Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026

Definition of sets down

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If the panel reports it’s still deadlocked later in deliberations, the prosecution and the defense would likely make arguments to Sullivan about whether the jurors should keep trying.

— Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
This may have led to delays in correctly identifying clusters of illness as Ebola, as AP reports that experts believe the virus may have been spreading undetected as early as February.

— Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026

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The remaining two jobs on the list are in renewable energy as AI adoption and related infrastructure, like data centers, drive a higher need for electricity, the release notes.

— Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
SonicMax notes that for typical start-stop cutting scenarios, the tool is estimated to provide 2 to 4 hours of use per charge depending on the material and power setting.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of notes

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When Big Man arrives with Elena in tow, the diminutive Nora takes down the giant man in less than a minute, all without a bra on!

— Erin Qualey, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
The trio rebuild the tower and Guerrero goes up again, pulling the line for about four minutes more before the group takes down the tower, wheels the cart away from the window and walks away.

— John Annese, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026

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