scratch pads

noun

plural of scratch pad
as in tablets

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  1. tablets
  2. pads
  3. albums
  4. notepads
  5. notebooks
Noun
  • Material As with most accessories for tablets and computers, the more affordable products tend to be made from plastic.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
  • That includes certain cameras, tablets, and drones with a microSD USH-I slot.
    — Brad Bourque, The Verge, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of tablets
Noun
  • In another, guards beat a detainee and hurled sexist slurs while denying her access to the toilet and sanitary pads.
    — Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
  • But that difference could come from the XM4C’s ear pads, which are six years newer than the worn ones on my XM4.
    — John Higgins, The Verge, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of pads
Noun
  • By her own admission, there’s sometimes been a little less Larsson magic within her own albums and shows.
    — Remy Rippon, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Hannah Edgar is not just talking about albums — that’s been rich, too — but books.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of albums
Noun
  • The picture painted from the interview subjects, who occasionally draw sketches of weapons-screen interfaces on notepads, is of a computerized tracking-and-killing apparatus, culled from the surveillance Israel keeps of nearly every phone in Gaza.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Klaudia hadn’t managed to take more than two steps out of the town car before the reporters descended, pens poised over their notepads, shouting until their voices peaked.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of notepads
Noun
  • The best smart notebooks This smart notebook fits in a pocket, has 48 reusable pages and comes with the Pilot Frixion pen required for note-taking.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Lunch boxes, markers, notebooks and notebook filler paper.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
Definition of notebooks
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“Scratch pads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratch%20pads. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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