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notch

[noch] / nɒtʃ /


NOUN
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The previous season, Darwin Nunez scored on his Liverpool debut - and Erling Haaland failed to notch on his City bow.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

The guidance came as the company recorded higher sales in its latest quarter, coming in a notch above analysts’ expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Preparing a live lobster might sound intimidating, but it’s a lot easier than you think and will truly take your summer hosting up a notch.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

I’ve liked her in everything but her anachronistic appeal is especially good in movies like “Gail Daughtry” that crank reality up a notch so everything moves fast and silly.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

At two months out, he turned it up another notch, beginning almost every sentence with, “When I get a dog....”

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers

Blue-chip average notches 24th high of the year, while Nasdaq slips.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 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

The safety car confusion was just the final episode in a race that was always engrossing but had ratcheted up several notches in the final 20 laps or so.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

Even more striking, in more than 500 wild primates, across 27 species both living and fossil, we found no trace of a common modern dental disease: deep, V-shaped gumline notches called abfraction lesions.

From Science Daily Jun. 8, 2026

Mother, Mrs. Rimas and I stood the logs vertically in the notches.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys

Wisley in Surrey has now notched up 60 days with no recorded rainfall.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

It is possible Wisley in Surrey will have notched up 60 days with no rain by Sunday.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Uber Technologies notched higher revenue in the second quarter but issued a soft outlook as it continues to invest heavily in autonomous vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

SpaceX said it notched $14.1 billion in cloud services contracts last quarter and added a $6.7 billion contract in the current quarter with an undisclosed customer.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

Its walls and floor and ceiling were made of wooden planks notched cunningly together and decorated with all the creatures of the sea.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Americans took out almost $211 billion in auto loans this past spring, notching a new record, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

The gains came from both ends of the plane, with premium revenue up 16% and basic economy seats notching an 11% lift in sales.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Scott, after notching just his second blown save Monday, compared to his 12 saves and 2.70 ERA, didn’t have an opening to improve on his All-Star campaign Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Despite notching a 19-fold quarterly profit increase, shares in chip maker Samsung fell, dragging on stocks across the AI supply chain as investors bet that the memory trade may be topping out.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

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

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan




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