compare notes
Example Sentences
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This does happen in many Beijing parks, where songbird owners gather with their caged pets to chat and compare notes.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
Workers may be texting or emailing colleagues to compare notes or answer a question raised by a boss—to say nothing of personal issues that may need attention.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
“I Kissed a Girl,” which puts a bouncy folk-pop groove beneath Sobule’s lightly raspy vocal, opens with two friends hanging out one night as they compare notes on their disappointing boyfriends.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025
“We would often compare notes on shoes and suits, and where to get the best ones.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2024
Over tea, we’d compare notes and be unsurprised by all the ways we are different.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
