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of note

Idioms  

  1. Important, of distinction, famous, as in I have nothing of note to report, or The speaker was a man of note. This idiom uses note in the sense of “importance” or “fame.” [Late 1500s]

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The current crop on circulating notes, in ascending order of note value, are Sir Winston Churchill, Jane Austen, JMW Turner and Alan Turing.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

There are also a handful of stocks of note where all the analysts rate shares Buy, including DuPont de Nemours spinoff Qnity Electronics; aerospace parts supplier Loar; building products distributor QXO; and airline Alaska Air.

From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025

The only other player of note the Mets have added since their September disaster has been reliever Devin Williams, who struggled last year for the New York Yankees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

The person hired to oversee this mission, Jack Lee, a future Broadway conductor and musical director of note, would go on to change the course of her career.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

He laid several packs of note cards on the table and sat across the table from Mrs. Olinski.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

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