The phrase "a colleague notes" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when attributing a statement or observation to a colleague in a professional or academic context.
Example: "In the meeting, a colleague notes that the project deadline may need to be extended due to unforeseen circumstances."
Alternatives: "a colleague observes" or "a colleague mentions".
And Another One A colleague notes a recent rash of "foes".
"It goes with our new trainers, but they haven't arrived yet," a colleague notes.
A colleague notes that we've had a rash of "double downs" in political stories lately.
A colleague notes that this phrase, along with "just days," is increasingly common and frustratingly vague.
She's a CIA agent who, as a colleague notes, "is a little intense" and, even by her own reckoning, has a problem with a "mood disorder", but who in fact is bipolar and may be in the grip of a manic episode.
AS A colleague noted here at Free exchange, the Good Judgment Project has kicked off.
He was of a "scheming nature," a colleague noted, and liked nothing better than to gather masses of data on the citizenry, like a less malignant J. Edgar Hoover.
Tomlinson, writing to a colleague, noted Philby's work for the Times and his engaging manner – "we all liked him" – but turned him down.
A colleague, noting that the Supreme Court had outlawed the execution of retarded criminals, accused Judge Sutton of "efforts to stir controversy where none exists".
As Scoville and a colleague noted, Molaison could no longer "find his way to the bathroom, and he seemed to recall nothing of the day-to-day events of his hospital life".
Olbermann's original script identified the "cold-blooded killers" as everyone at the Pentagon and in the Bush Cabinet; when a colleague noted that that would include such relative moderates as Colin Powell and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Olbermann modified the line.
