Thesaurus results for NOTEPADS

notepads

noun

plural of notepad

as in notebooks

a number of sheets of writing paper glued together at one edge used a different notepad for each class's notes

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Recent Examples of notepads Inside a hotel conference room downtown, rapper/vocalists Johnny and Taeyong and singers Jaehyun, Haechan and Yuta are dutifully seated at a table with iced coffees, pens and notepads. — Christine Terrisse, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026 There are plenty of options for favors related to your theme, such as small toys, stickers, notepads, craft supplies, and more at all different price points. — Amanda Rock, Parents, 12 Aug. 2026 Ostraca — pottery sherds that ancient people used as an inexpensive writing surface — served as the notepads and record books of their time. — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026 Written by Staprans on notepads in his San Francisco home, the play is credited as an inspiration to the pro-democracy movement that helped bring the fall of the Soviet Union. — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Feb. 2026 The men in blue looked at nothing and wrote their stories in notepads. — Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026 Sarkisian, and several coaches across America, will have their notepads and pens handy this week as the College Football Playoff semifinals play out. — David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 7 Jan. 2026 So, consider this your call to leave your tear-out page notepads and sticky-notes in the last year. — Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2026 Officers had to take all notes on calls and cases on notepads. — Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026

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Noun

The best smart notebooks This smart notebook fits in a pocket, has 48 reusable pages and comes with the Pilot Frixion pen required for note-taking.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Lunch boxes, markers, notebooks and notebook filler paper.

— Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025

Definition of notebooks

Noun

Finally cleared this offseason to fully do so and strapping on the pads again, the last thing the Bengals tight end wanted to hear was that he was being held out of any games, practices or even drills.

— Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
The majority of their starters spent the second half conversing with folks in the stands, pads long gone, while Jones took the field for his first snaps as a true freshman.

— Noah White, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of pads

Noun

In fact, as the world has become increasingly digital — reliant on laptops, tablets and the Notes app — the NFL remains a bastion of old-school note-taking.

— Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Too many kids have their faces in their phones, computers and tablets.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026

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