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Every barrier broken is a notch in a glass ceiling, and the ceiling does not care much whether the person who cracked it got to walk all the way through.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

Bayne is rated a notch higher, “well qualified.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

The hurricane -- downgraded a notch to Category 3 strength on the five-point Saffir-Simpson scale -- was moving slowly and remained dangerous.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

And it didn’t take long for the Rams’ defense to notch another stop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

You know, it’s just another notch on the road of knowing where you are.

From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones

The authors estimated that private ratings are effectively two to three notches more favorable than public ratings with comparable impairment risk.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

So they turn to cut-through notches, carved light wells, and strategic wall-offs of interior cores that create space for new residential floors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

A different condition, abfraction, looks very different – deep wedge-shaped notches near the gumline.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026

Four-year notches on a timeline from wide-eyed kid to tuned-in teen and beyond.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

And if you zoomed in on one of those letters, the notches stood out as plain as day.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

On a call with investors, CEO Mary Barra noted that GM’s defense division recently notched several big contracts.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

The conglomerate’s B shares have notched nine straight days of gains.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Meanwhile, foreign competitors notched gains over the past three months as rising sales of more budget-conscious options helped boost their results.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

After he made it—and the Rebels notched their two-point conversion—Ole Miss held an eight-point lead even Kiffin had no answer for.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Francie’s voice notched up higher as she repeated, “Mama, I don’t want to talk about it.”

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

Lockheed Martin LMT 0.51%increase; up pointing triangle raised its forecast for the year as its backlog continued to grow in the third quarter, notching a fresh record.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

University endowments are notching their strongest returns in five years thanks in part to gains from SpaceX and other AI bets, with Harvard becoming the latest school to report a gain of more than 20%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

With the S&P 500 notching a new record high earlier this week after three straight years of double-digit gains, a target of just above 10,000 probably appears within reach to many.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026

The Americans knocked out their quarterfinal opponents 108-56, notching the team’s 34th consecutive win in World Cup play since 2006.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Laistrygonian archers assembled on the deck above us, notching arrows in their enormous bows.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan