Example Sentences
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She jotted down questions: What accounts were the streaming services and athletic club membership paid out of?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 28, 2026
Scott Sperry jotted his name down on a sign-up sheet.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025
As prosecutors began to build a case that would culminate in Bankman-Fried’s convictions on seven fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy charges, the disgraced boy king of crypto jotted down 19 ideas to rehabilitate his reputation.
From Slate ● Mar. 10, 2025
Sure, I glanced over the directions as I jotted down the ingredients, but I remembered making it, on more than one occasion, with Mom, so I was not worried . . . easy, peasy.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2024
I jotted down as much data as possible during the news coverage and then called the legal firm handling my godfather’s estate auction in Tennessee.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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