jottings
Example Sentences
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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
Researchers have spent decades combing through European and West African archives to craft a portrait from the jottings of French officers, British traders and Italian missionaries.
From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2021
After his death in 1935, the trunk was discovered, brimming with notes and jottings on calling cards and envelopes, whatever paper appeared to be handy.
From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2021
His printed draft had whiteout and other jottings indicating clearly it was not a final version.
From Salon • Oct. 24, 2020
He had been interested in emotions and expressions in people and in animals since his first notebook jottings, through the observations of animals and his own children.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
