legal pad
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of legal pad
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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Wearing a grey suit and button-down shirt most days, Mr Mangione frequently took notes on a legal pad, and occasionally smiled and laughed with his lawyers.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
I do a three-list rule, where I sit with a legal pad and I make three lists: Must do, should do and don’t you dare add this today.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
The defendant's parents, the Stanford Law School professors Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, took notes on a yellow legal pad that they passed back and forth to each other as Yedidia testified.
From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2023
Early in the event, people began to huddle near a table decorated with wildflowers in a mason jar and a yellow legal pad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
I scooped up the proposal and the legal pad, but when I went to stuff them into the backpack, there was a noise like two metal things colliding.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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