jotting (down)

Definition of jotting (down)next
present participle of jot (down)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for jotting (down)
Verb
  • After recording a safety, K-State accepted the football and marched 41 yards in eight plays, but had to settle for a 28-yard field goal by Rodriguez.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
  • In Meta’s case, creepy video-recording incidents and privacy-light tampering have caused severe headaches for the company.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Larsson also left Saturday’s exhibition early after logging 24 minutes against the Timberwolves due to lingering effects of the illness.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
  • But as the natural resource economy changed and the logging industry shrank, mills closed and jobs vanished.
    — Saige Miller, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • That requires writing down what the role needs before anyone’s name is attached to it.
    — Christina Greenberg, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Why would a woman counting down the hours until her suicide still be writing down joke ideas?
    — Judy Berman, Time, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • By Hugo Gurdon & Christopher Tremoglie Must Read Washington Secrets delivers behind-the-scenes reporting on Washington politics and the power players who run the city.
    — Washington Examiner, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2026
  • By Wednesday, reporting surfaced that Zacharia sat for the California bar exam after graduating from Pepperdine University’s law school in 2011, but did not pass.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • So, instead, Barr begins transcribing Dava’s work—but transcribing turns into editing, and editing into claiming.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Today, companies can go far beyond reading comments from customers in response to surveys, or transcribing call center interactions, to analyze not just the words but the elusive sentiment and intent behind those words.
    — Stu Sjouwerman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • James Gray continued his festival tour with Paper Tiger this weekend setting down in the Locarno Film Festival to receive an honorary award ahead of the film’s Swiss premiere on its landmark Piazza Grande.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Nunez has heard of other writers who proficiently multitask, setting down a partial manuscript while starting another, interspersing it all with stories and essays.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 July 2026
Verb
  • Game 5 — The Dodgers once again beat Robert Gasser, taking down the Brewers 3-1.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
  • After taking down such accounts, companies would write reports and researchers (including us) would publish analyses to explain the evolving tactics, techniques, and procedures of online influence campaigns.
    — RENÉE DIRESTA, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In response to the letter, Logan said his office is focused on conducting a fair and secure election while noting that Election Day is a mere 18 days away.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The think tank compared its own 2026 survey with a similar survey from 1995, noting that the two used different methods and therefore offer an indication of a trend rather than a precise measure of change.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
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“Jotting (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jotting%20%28down%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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