sticky note

noun

: a slip of notepaper having an adhesive strip on the back that allows attachment to and removal from a surface

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Each fashionable set comes in ready-to-gift packaging and includes one long to-do list notepad, one square sticky note with bullet points, and one round sticky note for grading papers, labeling files, and jotting down important information in a pinch. Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2024 This means avoiding the infamous sticky note under the keyboard or lazy practices of never changing devices from default passwords. Matthias Pfau, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024 During a search of her home, law enforcement uncovered a journal listing out several other hitman websites, a handwritten account of communications with the Online Killers Market, and a stack of U.S. currency underneath a sticky note listing a Bitcoin address, according to the release. Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024 This gives you a sticky note's worth of details from your call. Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 13 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sticky note 

Word History

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sticky note was in 1978

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“Sticky note.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sticky%20note. Accessed 20 Dec. 2024.

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