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yellow pad

American  

noun

  1. a scratch pad of yellow, lined paper.


Example Sentences

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I often found him, pen and yellow pad in hand, contemplating our nation’s challenges, considering goals to pursue, and developing a strategy for attaining them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

On a lined yellow pad, Don Henley, with input from band co-founder Glenn Frey, jotted thoughts about “a dark desert highway” and “a lovely place” with a luxurious surface and ominous undertones.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 19, 2024

Probabilistic decision-making tends to be better decision-making, Robert Rubin has learned with help from a yellow pad.

From New York Times • May 15, 2023

For a bee, landing on a hot yellow pad would be like us “touching a hot plate,” says lead author Matilda Rose Gibbons, a behavioral neuroscientist and Ph.D. student in Chittka’s lab.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 25, 2022

He worked from dawn into the night in his apartment, scribbling his words in pencil onto a yellow pad.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow