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notepad

[noht-pad] / ˈnoʊtˌpæd /


NOUN
scratch pad
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During a U.S. cabinet meeting on Friday, Reuters snapped a “To Do” list on Bessent’s desk notepad that contained a solitary entry: “Buy Japanese yen $5-10 bill.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

“I begin each morning with a head full of dreams, a notepad full of ideas, and a cup or two of coffee,” says Parton in the statement.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2026

The Skomer team set out on a calm, clear evening with binoculars and notepad in hand to count every single puffin on land, in the sky and at sea.

From BBC Apr. 22, 2026

Combs has mapped out his new gig, which began in January, on a two-column chart he’s sketched on a notepad.

From Barron's Mar. 27, 2026

Jones spun his pencil in circles on his notepad, like the spinner for a board game.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

Every day in the courtroom, Greg Brockman, the president and co-founder of OpenAI, took extensive notes on yellow notepads.

From Barron's May 18, 2026

Laughs, applause, and serious scribbling on notepads ensued.

From Slate Dec. 8, 2025

On that day, I followed Nikki’s careful instructions to type and collate the lines of poetry I’d scrawled in composition books and notepads for years and leave the rest to her.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 15, 2024

Each section starts with Rhiannon and actor and interpreter Thomas Simper enacting extracts from Beethoven’s conversation books - notepads he carried to converse with his friends as he was losing his hearing.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2024

Everything had been readied—new shoes that did not pinch, spiral notepads that rustled like dollars from the bank, and yellow pencils sharpened to a decimal point, without a tooth mark to be found.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord




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