jottings

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The text, however, evokes a stack of index cards with jottings from an indefatigable researcher unbound by historical limits.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2023

His printed draft had whiteout and other jottings indicating clearly it was not a final version.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2020

Among the offhand items clustered by Miki Beyer, Sami Cola, Paul Karcic and Emil Melia are snapshots, handwritten autobiographical jottings and hasty cartoons on lined paper.

From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2019

Gould’s jottings, mostly in black felt-tip pen, are not always legible.

From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2018

Count Rugen was about to begin his nightly experiments at that dusk, gathering up his notebooks from his room, filled with all his jottings.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman