legal pad
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of legal pad
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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“We are not merely interested in growing…we are interested in growing profitably,” she wrote on a yellow legal pad, listing objectives for the business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
Wearing a grey suit and button-down shirt most days, Mr Mangione frequently took notes on a legal pad, and occasionally smiled and laughed with his lawyers.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
Sharp: Right before it came out, Rivers and I sat on a couch with a yellow legal pad and calculated how many of our relatives would buy the record.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2024
The defendant's parents, the Stanford Law School professors Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, took notes on a yellow legal pad that they passed back and forth to each other as Yedidia testified.
From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2023
Beside the legal pad is a biography of the author, a thick book called Divided Soul, the pages marked by numerous scraps of torn-up paper.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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