compare notes
Example Sentences
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Each person can experience the same story differently, and can compare notes with friends.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
This does happen in many Beijing parks, where songbird owners gather with their caged pets to chat and compare notes.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
Culture critic Mary McNamara, staff writer Yvonne Villarreal and television editor Maira Garcia compare notes on the end of one of the most discussed, if not beloved, reboots in television history.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025
“I Kissed a Girl,” which puts a bouncy folk-pop groove beneath Sobule’s lightly raspy vocal, opens with two friends hanging out one night as they compare notes on their disappointing boyfriends.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025
I hurried downstairs to get Francis before the innkeeper and his wife had a chance to compare notes.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
