as in novelties
small useful items
the fabric store had a wide variety of thread, pins, buttons, and other notions
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These notions were brought together in ads seen by customers in a linear fashion via television, magazines or billboards.
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Billee Howard, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Great leaders acknowledge that these terms reshape corporate culture and challenge traditional productivity and employee engagement notions.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
This fear of financial insecurity can lead to a more cautious approach to work, where individuals prioritize stability and mental health over traditional notions of hard work.
—Vikram Joshi, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Missed by the Austrians is that Treasury’s borrowing power has nothing to do with intensely simplistic notions about printing presses, and everything to do with the sad fact that Treasury has taxable access to the production of the most enterprising people on earth.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Rabanne’s pioneering work redefined conventional notions about materials in apparel design.
—Fairchild Studio, WWD, 7 Dec. 2024
On the downside, the show has some terrible notions about Jewish women that play into controlling and emasculating stereotypes.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 6 Dec. 2024
The two men square off with verbal arguments regarding the acre’s worth of gray area between right and wrong, and while Crowe’s character has righteousness on his side, Washington’s gangster has both the gift of gab and a knack for knocking such simplistic notions into the dirt.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
The ribbons at the home-goods store Terrain are well-known in professional notions circles for being particularly luxurious (and, it should be noted, not at all cheap; one roll of their velvet floral ribbon, which has a delightfully shabby-chic Victorian vibe, costs $54).
—The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
Billee Howard, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Great leaders acknowledge that these terms reshape corporate culture and challenge traditional productivity and employee engagement notions.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
This fear of financial insecurity can lead to a more cautious approach to work, where individuals prioritize stability and mental health over traditional notions of hard work.
—Vikram Joshi, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Missed by the Austrians is that Treasury’s borrowing power has nothing to do with intensely simplistic notions about printing presses, and everything to do with the sad fact that Treasury has taxable access to the production of the most enterprising people on earth.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Rabanne’s pioneering work redefined conventional notions about materials in apparel design.
—Fairchild Studio, WWD, 7 Dec. 2024
On the downside, the show has some terrible notions about Jewish women that play into controlling and emasculating stereotypes.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 6 Dec. 2024
The two men square off with verbal arguments regarding the acre’s worth of gray area between right and wrong, and while Crowe’s character has righteousness on his side, Washington’s gangster has both the gift of gab and a knack for knocking such simplistic notions into the dirt.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
The ribbons at the home-goods store Terrain are well-known in professional notions circles for being particularly luxurious (and, it should be noted, not at all cheap; one roll of their velvet floral ribbon, which has a delightfully shabby-chic Victorian vibe, costs $54).
—The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Notions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/notions. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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