jotting
noun
jot·ting
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Definition of jotting
: a brief note : memorandum
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Examples of jotting in a Sentence
the judges reviewed their jottings one last time before selecting the pinot noir as the best wine of the tasting overall
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The angels are in the details that fill the pages of his climbing journal, which might look, to a casual observer, like the dense jottings of a patient in a psychiatric hospital. — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, "‘Free Solo’ Review: Gripping Drama, Surpassing Spectacle," 27 Sep. 2018 The journal, which runs more than 2,000 pages in the original French, ranges from mundane jottings to deep reflections. — J.s. Marcus, WSJ, "Delacroix: Beyond the Famous Spectacles," 30 Mar. 2018 There is also an official scorer, whose stats circulate throughout the game and are going to be more reliable than the jottings of a fifth-grader. — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, "Mailbag: Young-Harrison Controversy, Plus Tanking, Transparency and More," 14 Feb. 2018 A few recent examples include a diary with JFK's jottings, inner thoughts on politics and his personal beliefs sold last month at a Boston auction for more than $700,000, a half-million dollars over the estimate. — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, "Here's how you can celebrate President John F. Kennedy's 100th bday," 26 May 2017 The random jottings have no relationship at all to what’s underneath, so that the manic seems at war with the structured, the mundane with the ethereal. — Gary Faigin, The Seattle Times, "Review: Who knew? Paul Allen Collection does abstraction at Pivot Art + Culture," 18 May 2017 Out of these centuries-old jottings, Ulrich conjured an entire social world centered on women’s emotions, experiences and labor. — Beverly Gage, New York Times, "How the Women of the Mormon Church Came to Embrace Polygamy," 26 Jan. 2017 Two days later, Carr’s group gathered with prosecutors and NRO agents in a conference room at the FBI’s Washington, DC, field office to try to decipher the cryptic jottings and notes. — Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, WIRED, "Tale of a Would-Be Spy, Buried Treasure, and Uncrackable Code," 25 Jan. 2010These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'jotting.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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