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notations

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a usually brief written reminder he had scribbled his notation so quickly I couldn't read it

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Recent Examples of notations The Pulse can perform much more intricate compositions than, say, a pair of industrial robot arms, and can work directly off of digital notations without the need for custom programming. — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 9 Aug. 2026 Bearing extensive handwritten notations and edits by the authors, it is estimated to sell for between $1 and $2 million. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 June 2026 Do notations always converge like this on something dominant? — John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026 Some plaintiffs are also asking that all disciplinary notations from their academic files be removed. — Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 10 Feb. 2026 In their new poetry collections, Peter Balakian’s elliptical notations let his images speak for themselves while Angie Estes’s concentration reveals a rapturous virtuosity. — Ange Mlinko, The New York Review of Books, 2 Oct. 2025

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Preserve messages and notes about what happened and check whether clean backups are available.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
As Madrid has grown into a tourist hot spot, foreign visitors are also snatching up his fans, which Llerandi notes are more reliable than their portable, electric counterparts.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026

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