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notepad

American  
[noht-pad] / ˈnoʊtˌpæd /

noun

  • notepads
    plural
  1. a pad of blank pages for writing notes.


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Etymology

Origin of notepad

First recorded in 1920–25; note + pad 1

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Arellano: Becerra is doing something that I always remember Obama doing that I really didn’t see him do during the primary: write on a notepad while his opponent is yammering on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Then he eyed the canvas tote bag where I’d stashed a notepad and some audio gear.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

With a notepad in hand and junior coaches acting as blockers, the Scot - who had a successful spell at Aston Villa - barked instructions throughout sessions.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

“I begin each morning with a head full of dreams, a notepad full of ideas, and a cup or two of coffee,” says Parton in the statement.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

He was there, sitting on the side of his bed, scribbling in his notepad.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds

Every day in the courtroom, Greg Brockman, the president and co-founder of OpenAI, took extensive notes on yellow notepads.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

The claimants had a leaked "ledger" of Associated Newspaper payments, invoices from some private investigators and extracts from reporters notepads with cryptic handwritten details of payments to sources.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

On that day, I followed Nikki’s careful instructions to type and collate the lines of poetry I’d scrawled in composition books and notepads for years and leave the rest to her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2024

Many of the jurors jotted notes throughout her testimony, peering up from notepads and alternating their gaze from Daniels in the witness box to the lawyers questioning her from a lectern.

From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024

I reach in and pull out a couple notepads.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

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