notions

/ ˈnəʊʃənz /

plural noun

1. pins, cotton, ribbon, and similar wares used for sewing; haberdashery

Example Sentences

Two years later she has signed an contract extension at Jeddah-based Al-Ittihad and wants to challenge preconceived notions from the western world about Saudi Arabia and what life is like for a female athlete.

From BBC

Here’s what a leading robotics expert thinks about these notions: “Believing that this will happen any time within decades is pure fantasy thinking.”

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s about oppression and control, particularly of women and girls, and who is ‘feminine enough’ to live by these outdated and toxic notions.”

From Salon

The experience impressed two things upon Mahan: a need for accountability and the importance of voters’ lived experience, as opposed to vague promises, abstract notions and politically fashionable statements.

From Los Angeles Times

“What you’re seeing is these notions of pain that we are getting out of us in these songs,” Wilkinson explains.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• odds and ends