headnote
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of headnote
Example Sentences
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But it also reflects the way recipes are often treated as modular — headnote, ingredients, directions — rather than as a single narrative with a beginning, middle and end.
From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025
Deseine’s headnote explains that it’s one of her most popular recipes and has many fans, including more than a few professional pastry chefs.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 4, 2023
“He said the wording on the method isn’t the same, there is no similarity on the headnote — tough luck,” said Ms. Martin, who is now a freelance editor.
From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2021
As hacky and boring as a given “meditation on my lemon tree” headnote may be, complaining about it online is—in the blessed year of 2020—even hackier.
From Slate ● Feb. 20, 2020
Parenthetical Roman numerals do not correspond to the editor’s section headings, but the text summary is generally similar to the appropriate headnote.
From Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century by Richard Morris
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