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[jot] / dʒɒt /


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I jot those ingredients at the bottom of my market list.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

I’m looking for A.I. to help me jot down and store my thoughts in the right place when I’m not in a position to easily do that.

From Slate ● May 24, 2026

Bring a paper copy of your passport with you, know where the embassy is located in the country you’re traveling to and jot down the country’s emergency phone number.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 9, 2026

Koepka in his pomp always produced his best stuff in the majors while barely seeming to care a jot about week-in week-out events on the PGA Tour.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025

“If they had uncles enough to fill all Cheapside,” cried Bingley, “it would not make them one jot less agreeable.”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

Whereas a caddie jots down notes in a yardage book, Morse keeps observations on his phone and refers to them year after year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026

When Siri questions Killian, she jots down another observation: “hiding something.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

Over the weeks, Margaret jots down in her diary what she sees.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2023

Leno weighs them, takes their temperature and jots details of each visit by hand in a record book with a tattered yellow cover.

From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2023

But yesterday Kilvin had paid me for a span’s work in the Fishery: two jots.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

I chose a company whose name I had jotted down in my notes app a year ago after someone recommended it at a party.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

Regulars had their usual jotted down in shorthand and kept in a folder to be used as soon as they walked in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026

The notes, jotted on blank pages, also include comments Epstein made inside the FBI vehicle and while in custody, after he was picked up at Teterboro Airport.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

Scott Sperry jotted his name down on a sign-up sheet.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025

He had jotted this down after doing an hour’s worth of research instead of going to his Human Anatomy lecture that morning.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley

I was jotting down my own notes from the papers when I heard the sound of marching feet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Scanning the newspaper, inky fingers and fuzzled minds, scrambling for the calculator and jotting down the codes for Julian Dicks and Juninho.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

"I'm identifying people's needs, especially those of the children, and reminding them about the signs of dehydration," said Marie Decroix as she moved among the families, jotting down notes.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

In a night game in Baltimore last month, Sonoda took notes as usual, jotting down pitches types and their locations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2025

Mr. Dalton paused, wet his lips with his tongue, and looked down over the small knot of men whose hands were busy jotting his words down upon their white pads of paper.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright




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