notes

¹ British  

/ nəʊts /

plural noun

1. short descriptive or summarized jottings taken down for future reference

2. a record of impressions, reflections, etc, esp as a literary form

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NOTES ² British  

/ nəʊts /

abbreviation

1. natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery, a surgical technique for operating on internal organs through bodily orifices

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Example Sentences

“Many thinkers,” Mr. Griffiths notes, have “had an interest in probability, whether they tried to understand the mind in terms of rules and symbols or networks, spaces, and features.”

From The Wall Street Journal

There were still family pictures on the wall and notes tacked around a calendar.

From The Wall Street Journal

I reached out to him after taking notes on a continuing trend:

From Los Angeles Times

That argument misses the point, says Caers, who notes that Belgium took the archives after independence, when they should have become Congolese state property.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The IRS can simply ignore refund claims,” the TAS notes in its report to Congress.

From Barron's