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Every barrier broken is a notch in a glass ceiling, and the ceiling does not care much whether the person who cracked it got to walk all the way through.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

The jeers from Manchester City fans were turned up a notch against Ipswich last Saturday when the side played their first home game since being found guilty of breaching the Premier League's financial rules.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

The hurricane -- downgraded a notch to Category 3 strength on the five-point Saffir-Simpson scale -- was moving slowly and remained dangerous.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

S&P Global Ratings downgraded Oracle’s credit rating to one notch above “junk” territory in July, saying that its “rapidly expanding AI infrastructure business is increasing its overall credit risk.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

After the performance against Exhibit, Smith thought Seabiscuit was ready to move up a notch.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

In two dozen cases, they were at least three notches higher, the Journal’s analysis shows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

The authors estimated that private ratings are effectively two to three notches more favorable than public ratings with comparable impairment risk.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

Their analysis revealed distinctive notches, impact damage and other signs that the object had repeatedly been used as a hammer.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

Mohamed Salah's latest unprompted public outburst will ratchet up the pressure on struggling Liverpool head coach Arne Slot by several notches.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

Hie showed the hole where the lead was poured in, and the nails through the end, and the notches near the handle which stood for ancient scalp*.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Four years later in 2024, Harris earned only 20 percent, while Trump received 21 percent and third-party candidate Jill Stein notched 53 percent.

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026

In fact it was the most anyone has recorded since Cristiano Ronaldo also notched 61 for Real Madrid 11 years ago.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

On a call with investors, CEO Mary Barra noted that GM’s defense division recently notched several big contracts.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

The conglomerate’s B shares have notched nine straight days of gains.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Ten minutes later he returned with the notched spear that had belonged to his grandfather.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Rail transport also grew strongly, notching the strongest expansion since March 2025, with movements of wheat helped buoy the sector.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The film suffered from polarizing critical reviews, notching a 53% on aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

With the S&P 500 notching a new record high earlier this week after three straight years of double-digit gains, a target of just above 10,000 probably appears within reach to many.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026

Treasury yield ended the past three months with its largest quarterly gain since 1994, notching a rise of nearly 0.9 percentage points.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Laistrygonian archers assembled on the deck above us, notching arrows in their enormous bows.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan