jot
verb (used with object)
to write or mark down quickly or briefly (usually followed bydown ).
has jotted
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present perfectof jot (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The 67-year-old has jotted down every haircut for over 20 years, a rare personal history of the ebbs and flows of inflation during a period of patchy - and at times unreliable - official data.
From Reuters ● Oct. 7, 2023
She has jotted down notes in hopes of publishing a children’s book that could empower young women.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2018
She says she won’t be writing a new book, nor writing a script, but has jotted down ideas for a story line for someone else to craft.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2017
Most recently he has been living and working in the tower of Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, mainly putting together the notes which he has jotted down during ocean voyages and waits in railway and air terminals.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has shown me a note-book in which he has jotted down directions and distances from water.
From Spinifex and Sand by David Wynford Carnegie
