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
“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
“We would often compare notes on shoes and suits, and where to get the best ones.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2024
But he minded the all-expatriate parties where Susan would nudge him to “join the men” while she went over to the circle of women to compare notes on living in Nigeria.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
