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
I remember staring at you with your yellow legal pad in a Paris hotel lobby while we drank cappuccinos and you wrote that four-page monologue for my character in “Inland Empire.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2025
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
Mr. Lawson sits on the edge of his desk, crosses his legs, turns a few pages in a yellow legal pad covered with notes.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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