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notations

noun

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a usually brief written reminder he had scribbled his notation so quickly I couldn't read it

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Recent Examples of notations The Pulse can perform much more intricate compositions than, say, a pair of industrial robot arms, and can work directly off of digital notations without the need for custom programming. — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 9 Aug. 2026 Bearing extensive handwritten notations and edits by the authors, it is estimated to sell for between $1 and $2 million. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 June 2026 Do notations always converge like this on something dominant? — John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026 Some plaintiffs are also asking that all disciplinary notations from their academic files be removed. — Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 10 Feb. 2026 In their new poetry collections, Peter Balakian’s elliptical notations let his images speak for themselves while Angie Estes’s concentration reveals a rapturous virtuosity. — Ange Mlinko, The New York Review of Books, 2 Oct. 2025

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All four stars ably play the stoic and sorrowful notes required of them, without finding many secondary or contrasting ones in their dialogue.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
Citrus, woods, and aromatic notes undercut some of vanilla’s sweetness and offer a sophisticated result.

— Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026

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