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

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Recent Examples of notation The setup can serve as a MIDI controller for use with digital audio workstations, plugins, transcription/notation software and virtual instruments. New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2025 According to American Bureau of Shipping, the next milestones for the project team include developing new requirements for high-voltage systems, as well as a new ABS notation. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2025 The origins of many words are simply lost in the mists of history, a disappointment that lexicographers record with the frustrating notation origin unknown, or orig. Martha Barnette august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025 There was no notation of final wishes. Ronny Maye, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for notation
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Noun
  • Be suspicious of urgent messages One of the most alarming details in the Anthropic report was how the hacker used AI to craft convincing extortion notes.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Among the suggestions was a handwritten note from David Murdoch, a Canadian pastor who had moved to the city.
    Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
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  • Trump signed a memo this week threatening to ban direct-to-consumer advertising for prescription medications, theoretically driving down pharma revenues.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The memo Friday came from Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, Comcast president Mike Cavanagh and Mark Lazarus, who is CEO of Versant, the spinoff company that will include MSNBC (to be renamed MS NOW).
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Notation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/notation. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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