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Recent Examples of jot But that has not consoled Mr Trump one jot. The Economist, 9 July 2020 All those centuries of intimacy, of living cheek by jowl, of building a shared culture, mattered not a jot. Aatish Taseer Richard Mosse, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2022 These jot books still exist, and they’re kept in the Benson Ford archives. Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2021 Each flash, zoom and jot captures a new angle of the casing’s unique markings. Dallas News, 28 Nov. 2022 See all Example Sentences for jot 
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Noun
  • Shortly thereafter, Facebook changed its name to Meta and sank $45 billion into its vision of a digital universe that most people just don’t seem to give much of a damn about.
    Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 25 Sep. 2024
  • But the rate at which people are ditching cable suggests that carriage fees won’t be worth a tinker’s damn by the time the looming batch of NBA deals expires.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 July 2024
Noun
  • The last-minute Annie Oakley act does not alter that one whit.
    The Editors, National Review, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The same wellness warriors who fret about microplastics seem not to care one whit about the breakdown of medical aesthetics.
    Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 23 July 2024
Noun
  • This tribute to the ill-fitting celebrity guest spots on sitcoms of yore rises to incredible heights of lunacy and requires not a lick of prior knowledge about Little Richard to pull laughs from viewers.
    Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Because McMillan’s also one of the few collegiate wideouts who’s ever given Hunter a lick of trouble.
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Oldman seems to be having a hoot in the role, too, which has landed him one of the show’s aforementioned Emmy nominations.
    Brian Grubb, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Margaret Qualley, as the former A-lister's younger self, also goes for broke in a film that's a disturbing, hilarious and jaw-dropping hoot.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The story picks up in a military bunker in the Everglades, where the last shreds of humanity have gathered in search of safety.
    Katie Rife, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Drone footage shows the roof of the dome being ripped off in shreds, eventually falling away entirely to expose the dome’s supporting structural beams and the interior of the ballpark, from the stadium seating to the outfield.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Considered one of the scariest haunted houses in Cincinnati, the littles can visit with the lights on and friendly ghouls hand out candy.
    Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 13 Oct. 2024
  • And yet the government has done precious little to keep it from happening again.
    Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 13 July 2017

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“Jot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jot. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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