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notion

[noh-shuhn] / ˈnoʊ ʃən /




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What are other ways to say notion? The noun notion suggests a fleeting, vague, or imperfect thought: a bare notion of how to proceed. Thought, which reflects its primary emphasis on the mental process, may denote any concept except the more weighty and elaborate ones: I welcomed his thoughts on the subject. A thought came to him.  Idea, although it may refer to thoughts of any degree of seriousness or triviality, is commonly used for mental concepts considered more important or elaborate: We pondered the idea of the fourth dimension. The idea of his arrival frightened me. Conception suggests a thought that seems complete, individual, recent, or somewhat intricate: The architect's conception delighted them.

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Andrew Milich and Jason Ginsberg had earlier created Skiff, which promised encrypted and secure file storage, and was acquired by AI firm Notion in 2024.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

Founded in 2019, San Francisco-based Baseten helps companies like AI code editor Cursor and note-taking platform Notion deploy and run large AI models.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Simon Last is co-founder of Notion, based in San Francisco.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2024

For the past three years, he and his wife, Karen-Lynn Amouyal, have been using Notion, a popular software tool, to optimize their household and relationship.

From New York Times • May 12, 2024

The Notion of Miracle in the Face of Modern Science and of Piety Modern science neither affirms nor denies miracle; it ignores it, necessarily.

From Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History by Sabatier, Auguste




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