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of note

Important, of distinction, famous, as in I have nothing of note to report, or The speaker was a man of note. This idiom uses note in the sense of “importance” or “fame.” [Late 1500s]

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Archer and New Zealand spinner Michael Bracewell, who took 3-10, restricted Phoenix to 106-7, with Joe Clarke's 36 and Ben Duckett's 20 the only contributions of note.

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Greater Manchester Police said that a "number of demonstrations passed by peacefully" with "no incidents of note".

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Dr Noel, a medievalist, was described as "a scholar of note" in a tribute by a professor at Cambridge University.

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The crop of historical characters on the current series of circulating notes, in ascending order of note value, are Churchill, Jane Austen, JMW Turner and Alan Turing.

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The constables added that it is "absolutely of note" that petrol bombs and masonry were thrown at police during Monday and Tuesday night.

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