as in to interpret
to add notes or comments to (a text, book, drawing, etc.)
He annotated the text at several places. annotate a list
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Recent Examples of annotate
Bar menus in every major American city were annotated with craft mocktails spiked with adaptogens, and YouTube swamis like Andrew Huberman were proclaiming that alcohol was a poison that hampered cognitive performance.
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Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Annotation supplies: $13.99 Many readers like to annotate their books, so a pack of annotation supplies is a great gift option.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
Readers can annotate, add notes, look up words and sync across all their devices.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
Questlove and editor Joshua L. Pearson visually annotate every major marker of Sly and the Family Stone’s brief, enormous career, which was very well documented.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
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Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Annotation supplies: $13.99 Many readers like to annotate their books, so a pack of annotation supplies is a great gift option.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
Readers can annotate, add notes, look up words and sync across all their devices.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
Questlove and editor Joshua L. Pearson visually annotate every major marker of Sly and the Family Stone’s brief, enormous career, which was very well documented.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annotate
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From a legal standpoint, the SEC’s February memo could be interpreted as offering regulatory cover for projects like these, provided they are not marketed with profit guarantees or tied to managerial efforts.—
Tonya M. Evans,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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OneNote's Math Assistant can interpret handwritten math equations and solve them for you, though this is available only for Enterprise and Education subscribers to Microsoft 365.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
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His knack for reading teammates’ energy and needs is just as sound as his ability to analyze an opponent’s game plan during live action.—
James Jackson,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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In the new study, researchers analyzed subsidiary burials, or the remains of people that were buried near or around a central burial.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2025
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Figure explains this innovative approach.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Mar. 2025
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It was explained to the passengers that a concentration of plankton had drawn swarms of small fish to the area; the concentration of small fish had attracted larger fish, which devoured the smaller fish; these predators attracted larger predators, to devour them.—
Joyce Carol Oates,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
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Her own work has illustrated how different brain regions activate when processing English or Chinese sentences because of their differing linguistic properties.—
Gayoung Lee,
Scientific American,
14 Apr. 2025
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As the graphic above illustrates, Galatasaray’s Napoli loanee can find space to shoot, even with limited service.—
Ali Rampling,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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This framework is best suited for companies needing to clarify their differentiation in a competitive space.—
Diana Khramina,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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However, Trump did not clarify whether this move would exempt Israel from the 17 percent reciprocal tariffs set to take effect on Wednesday.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Annotate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annotate. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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