How to Use notional in a Sentence

notional

adjective
  • The notional earnings of the company were close to the actual ones.
  • No matchup is notional from here on.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 27 June 2026
  • Even five years ago, it was seen as a largely notional technology.
    — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2020
  • The notional value is the trading volume multiplied by the spot price.
    — John Detrixhe, Quartz, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Hence the notional $300 million tag.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • My ideals, and those of the country, weren’t merely notional or aspirational.
    — New York Times, 18 July 2022
  • Volumes are notional, which means leverage traders take in their contracts is included in that figure.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 9 June 2026
  • Consider a notional bank that has grown very fast in recent years, as did SVB.
    — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The concept of a new civil war is not, in fact, a purely notional or hypothetical one.
    — Win McCormack, The New Republic, 17 June 2021
  • The single button does one thing* – returns you to the home screen, providing a notional reset for the user.
    — Charlie Sorrel, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2011
  • The dates for such a mission are so notional that NASA did not even include them on its chart.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 28 Jan. 2022
  • There can’t be a postmortem after most league matches that says only major surgery will solve things sometime in a notional future.
    — Andy Mitten, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
  • The notional value of contracts traded in the first eight hours totaled about $40 million.
    — Time, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Here’s an example of the strange role played by Argentina’s notional wide players.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
  • That notional system features four interceptor layers, one of which is space-based.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 13 May 2026
  • This date is also supported by a notice to mariners, but it should be taken as notional rather than something to be confident in.
    — ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025
  • For instance, high leverage risk is in play, as traders may only place moderate margin amounts, yet gains and losses are based on the full notional amount.
    — John Bartleman, Forbes.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The problems don’t stop even for more limited cases, such as ascending the scale to chase that notional bright future for humans in space.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 1 May 2026
  • In the world of cryptocurrency, the past year or so has seen deepening divisions between two notional groups.
    — David Z. Morris, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2020
  • The aircraft in the hangar are a mix of current, upcoming, and notional American air power.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Nov. 2021
  • That places an emphasis on tangible experiences versus notional projects that may or may not go anywhere.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 10 June 2026
  • That gonzo attitude has a downside on the streets of New York, where space is scarce, tempers flare, and enforcement is notional.
    — Curbed, 25 May 2022
  • The notional value of the futures contract traded exceeded $1 billion for the week.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2021
  • The House and Senate will pass and then reconcile their own budgets, which will still mostly be a notional document.
    — Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 28 May 2021
  • Changes are notional at this point, and the city council will not make a decision without input from citizens, McGrady said.
    — James Whitlow, baltimoresun.com, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The notional value creation from the part-stock, part-cash deal has gone entirely to GKN investors in the premium paid.
    — Chris Hughes | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Only about a third of the notional $10 billion has been recovered so far, and the bank expects to update affected clients of the likely hit in coming days.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Shares were trading at around $19 per share Wednesday morning, putting the notional value of the trust’s position at more than $2 billion.
    — Jesse Pound, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2025
  • With minor tweaks, that roadmap offered a notional template for Breakthrough Starshot, and Lubin is now one of the project’s key scientists.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 12 Apr. 2016
  • Sketch Released The Air Force has released a notional sketch of the stealth aircraft, cost goals per plane and the names of top subcontractors.
    — Anthony Capaccio, Bloomberg.com, 15 May 2017

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