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marginalia

[mahr-juh-ney-lee-uh, -neyl-yuh] / ˌmɑr dʒəˈneɪ li ə, -ˈneɪl jə /




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Ms. Allen traces pen names, decodes handwriting and deciphers marginalia in Richmond’s correspondence and books.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

And because no year is complete without a bunch of Stephen Sondheim marginalia, I’ve added a few bonus tracks, including a snippet of a surprise, in his honor.

From New York Times Feb. 29, 2024

The interstitial collage elements play the role of footnotes, or more accurately, the marginalia of a slightly older, wiser reader revisiting a beloved book.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 30, 2023

I created a tiny app for tracking my studies and adding marginalia to digitally scanned quotes.

From The Verge Mar. 4, 2022

But these marginalia contradicted the text, because the ivy was silently eating away at the mortar between the stones and would one day bring the walls down.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz




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