Example Sentences

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Notebooks lie open in vacant school classrooms, while a game of pool in a bar appears to have been abandoned mid-match.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

“I have read all of the books, with the exception of the letters of Patricia Highsmith,” she says, indicating the mammoth 1,000-page “Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks: 1941-1995.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2023

Many universities, for example, now offer faculty members training in using Jupyter Notebooks, an open-source web application designed to make it easier to share data.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 24, 2023

Notebooks written by Charles Darwin, which were mysteriously returned to Cambridge University Library after going missing for 20 years, are going on public display.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2022

She had noticed that I was now through with everything from From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun to After Tupac and D Foster.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon