compare notes
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Iowa was increasingly getting calls from other state commissioners wanting to compare notes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
There is a growing network of municipal officials across the U.S. who talk regularly to compare notes, troubleshoot funding shortfalls and strategize on ways to respond to events in Washington given their limited individual capacity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025
But it is where the debate may be headed when MPs return to the Commons and compare notes next week.
From BBC • May 2, 2025
“I Kissed a Girl,” which puts a bouncy folk-pop groove beneath Sobule’s lightly raspy vocal, opens with two friends hanging out one night as they compare notes on their disappointing boyfriends.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025
You can talk about it afterward, compare notes.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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