scratch pad

noun

Definition of scratch padnext
as in tablet

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Recent Examples of scratch pad Quick Notes, for example, is your new digital scratch pad for jotting down notes. — Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 30 Sep. 2025 Part scratching post, part toy, this round and standalone scratch pad features an insert for the cardboard scratchpads, which are easy to replace. — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 14 Apr. 2023 Naive context-sharing patterns, global caches, aggressive compaction and broadcast scratch pads often make this worse, not better. — Shailesh Manjrekar, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026 The desktop scratch pad has a laundry list of ideas to try in the coming months in my continuing effort to examine sports from different perspectives. — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 3 May 2023 To get to 90 percent utilization, IBM had to design the scratch pad with a huge read/write bandwidth, 192 gigabytes per second. — IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2018 Blue Jackets fans have had two choices over the past couple of weeks … twiddle their thumbs or get out a scratch pad and start doodling lines and pairs with an eye toward the start of the 2024-25 season. — Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 21 July 2024 The intuition behind chatbot reasoning is to have AI models work out a solution step-by-step, using a scratch pad of sorts, and then evaluate steps along the way to change course or start over as needed—very much like the two-step approach used by AlphaGo. — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scratch pad
  1. tablet
  2. pad
  3. album
  4. notebook
  5. notepad
Noun
  • The covered medications include drugmaker Eli Lilly’s Foundayo tablets and Zepbound KwikPens and Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy injections and tablets, all of which have been FDA-approved for weight loss, according to the report.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • Other electronic communication devices are also banned during the school day, including tablets, computers, smart watches, wireless headphones and earbuds.
    — Matthew Kelly July 1, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
Definition of tablet
Noun
  • Pre-soaked toner pads are infused with active ingredients to help smooth skin and enhance hydration, while the anti-aging moisturizer combines NAD+ and hyaluronic acid for a firmer, more radiant look.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • The company is currently rebuilding the pad, and working to determine what caused the anomaly.
    — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 2 July 2026
Definition of pad
Noun
  • After recent forays into darkly psychedelic drone music, the Mexican American producer returns to the dancefloor with an album that fuses techno and guaracha into a throbbing polyrhythmic juggernaut.
    — Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 1 July 2026
  • With the release of her second album, Swift continued to gain popularity in country music as well as mainstream music.
    — Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
Definition of album
Noun
  • Red Beard made a mark in his notebook.
    — Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • The standard Kindle is still a fantastic budget option, the Paperwhite remains the safest recommendation for most people, and the Scribe offers a compelling notebook replacement.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 24 June 2026
Definition of notebook
Noun
  • Interviewers often leave meetings with random observations scribbled on a notepad.
    — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • But when Ava makes a bathroom trip, Deb hastily scribbles something in her notepad.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 29 May 2026
Definition of notepad

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“Scratch pad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratch%20pad. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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