sticky note

noun

: a slip of notepaper having an adhesive strip on the back that allows attachment to and removal from a surface

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Write those points on a sticky note before your meeting. Stacey Hanke, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025 This involves posing a question, like a start-stop-continue exercise, and giving everyone 10 minutes to write one idea per sticky note. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 Signing paperwork; jotting a number on a sticky note. Christina Pérez, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025 Write your daily to-do list on a sticky note, whiteboard, or other visible location. Allie Volpe, Vox, 6 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for sticky note 

Word History

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sticky note was in 1978

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“Sticky note.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sticky%20note. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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