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nota bene

American  
[noh-tah be-ne, noh-tuh bay-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

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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

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 M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

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

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 Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon

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 Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon

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