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Centennial’s defense was top notch all night, only allowing two third-down conversions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Christopher Nolan's epic "The Odyssey," distributed by Universal, moved up a notch to second place as it took in another $13 million in its eighth week in theaters, for a domestic total of $584.7 million.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

The result all but guaranteed that he will notch his fifth consecutive player of the year award—meaning he’ll trail only Woods and Jack Nicklaus in the record books.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Yet in September, corporate borrowers already stressing the market with a huge supply of new bonds to finance the artificial-intelligence build-out are expected to kick things up a notch.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

When they were not looking, he took the rod up a notch, then yelled, “One more time: set, go!” and they jumped over it, one after the other.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The authors estimated that private ratings are effectively two to three notches more favorable than public ratings with comparable impairment risk.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

Their analysis revealed distinctive notches, impact damage and other signs that the object had repeatedly been used as a hammer.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

Mohamed Salah's latest unprompted public outburst will ratchet up the pressure on struggling Liverpool head coach Arne Slot by several notches.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

The stock at 18 times forward earnings, down from a 2026 peak of 22 times, a few notches below the S&P 500 and below Home Depot’s just over 21 times.

From Barron's ● May 8, 2026

And if you zoomed in on one of those letters, the notches stood out as plain as day.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

It certainly doesn’t hurt to have Mosley, who notched his second consecutive 100-yard game, tallying all of his 104 yards and two touchdowns in the second quarter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

Futures for the S&P 500 were 0.1% higher after the index notched its best day in a month Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

On Friday, Microsoft’s stock notched its sixth straight session of gains — rising 6.7% over that multiday period, and cementing its longest winning streak since Oct.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

Royal Bank of Canada notched record net income in the latest quarter, thanks to strong growth in its wealth management, capital markets and commercial banking operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

In each stocking there was a pair of bright red mittens, and there was a long, flat stick of red-and-white-striped peppermint candy, all beautifully notched along each side.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Americans knocked out their quarterfinal opponents 108-56, notching the team’s 34th consecutive win in World Cup play since 2006.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

As he did last week, Springboks wing Cheslin Kolbe took on the kicking duties over fly-half Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, notching up 18 points in a player-of-the-match performance.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Americans are drinking less, with a Gallup poll recently notching the lowest percentage of drinkers in the nearly 90-year run of the survey.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Americans took out almost $211 billion in auto loans this past spring, notching a new record, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

Speedily notching shafts to their strings, the archers angled their bows upwards.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques