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nota bene

American  
[noh-tah be-ne, noh-tuh bey-nee, ben-ee, bee-nee] / ˈnoʊ tɑ ˈbɛ nɛ, ˈnoʊ tə ˈbeɪ ni, ˈbɛn i, ˈbi ni /
Latin.
  1. note well; take notice.


nota bene British  
/ ˈnəʊtə ˈbiːnɪ /
  1. Abbreviation: NB.   N.B..   nb.   n.b..  note well; take note

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But nota bene: when Joel says “the same manic energy,” he is paying back much of the vividness he borrowed.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 2, 2015

N.B., nota bene, take notice; also North Britain, New Brunswick.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various

The soirée was 'full of rubbish' in the way of its social composition, which George Sand likes, nota bene.

From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir

It's the mad bull and the china shop, and, nota bene, we are the china shop.

From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir

She made a list of her trinkets, with a nota bene stating her appropriation of the two rings, and laid it at the top of her principal jewel-case.

From The Lovels of Arden by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

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