Example Sentences
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The stock at 18 times forward earnings, down from a 2026 peak of 22 times, a few notches below the S&P 500 and below Home Depot’s just over 21 times.
From Barron's ● May 8, 2026
At big ratings firms, they were about two notches higher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Next stop, Crossroads School, where the level of musicianship rose several notches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2026
The researchers discerned patterns of meaning in lines, notches, dots, and crosses on objects like mammoth tusks as old as 45,000 years in caves in Germany.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
I am not sure because I have not recently counted the notches in the aspen pole that is my calendar.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
