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notions

noun

plural of notion

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small useful items the fabric store had a wide variety of thread, pins, buttons, and other notions

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Recent Examples of notions Then come the notions and hardware, like earring posts, beads and crystal accents, that complete the transformation from fleeting flora to lasting adornment. — Leigh-Ann Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 My novel The Rayburn Affair lays bare notions of friendship, rivalry, envy, authorship, and power. — Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026 Thus all notions of reference to precedent in the arts became contentious, if not disreputable. — Mario Carpo, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026 Questions of authenticity almost always stem from notions of gatekeeping. — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026 As an example, Gur pointed to new notions of mathematical proof that emerged from complexity theory in the 1980s and 1990s. — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026 The entire collection was made from the fabrics, trims, notions, and remnants that have accumulated at its studio over the years. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026 De Fabeltjeskrant is designed to tap into both notions, restoring and distributing the original programming for the audiences who grew up with it and simultaneously rebuilding the property for children encountering its characters for the first time. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026 Ahead, get a whiff of the vanilla perfumes that turn traditional notions of the note on their head. — Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026

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novelties

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Other novelties included Kiss Kiss, reinvented in 2005 with Hervé Can der Straeten, and Rouge G, reinvented with Lorenz Bäumer featuring the famed double-mirror case.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 12 Aug. 2026
What seemed like a low barrier for starting a company and finding investors — spurring viral storylines around 19-year-old blockchain CEOs and other such novelties — has given way to a high sense of precarity for people entering today’s arena.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026

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