short descriptive or summarized jottings taken down for future reference
a record of impressions, reflections, etc, esp as a literary form
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Guo notes that several solar thermal desalination technologies have shown promising results in laboratory studies using simplified seawater composed only of water and sodium chloride.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
As Mr. Talty notes, “to make money and live poorly would have been more suspicious, more un-Greek, than blowing it on a lavish meal.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
"This ensures optimal coupling of the metasurface to the detection elements," notes corresponding author Wladislaw Michailow, who led the research at the University of Cambridge and later at Swansea University in the UK.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
By contrast, he notes that they are more likely to be in cyclical sectors that aren’t being replaced.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Out of bed, I riffle through my handbag until I come up with my notes from the pension bureau, scanning over them, looking for something to quiet my brain.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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