Meaning & use
noting
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Observing or paying attention to something, or writing it down for future reference.
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Noting the time, she hurried to finish before the meeting began.
The inspector walked through the building, noting every safety violation.
A note on using this word
It is common in formal writing to open a sentence with 'noting that...' to introduce an observation before stating its consequence.
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observingrecording
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