The phrase "as a notch" is not commonly used in written English and may not convey a clear meaning without additional context.
It could be used in contexts where you are comparing levels or degrees of something, but it is important to clarify what "notch" refers to.
Example: "He improved his skills as a notch above his peers, demonstrating exceptional talent."
Alternatives: "as a level" or "as a degree".
Mr. Lanier judged the day as "a notch upward" in his efforts to engage the physicists in a dialogue.
Bearing the burden of maintaining a perfect record can be tiresome — even in the Western Athletic Conference, which Bowl Championship Series conferences regard as a notch below them.
Mocked behind his back for being barefoot and rated by his own schoolmaster as "a notch beneath the cattle," as were all "micks," he is nevertheless desperate to be appointed the class ink monitor.
In more detail, it is shown that ΔKth can efficiently be evaluated by measuring two fatigue limits: the plain fatigue limit and a second fatigue limit generated by testing samples containing a stress concentration feature such as a notch.
With a proper optical and coating design, such optics can serve as a notch filter, passing only narrow regions of the overall spectrum to a fully shielded detector that does not view the spent fuel directly.
The boy's father, who had previously had a sexual relationship with the woman, defended Hatt in court saying his son is "sex-mad" and was "fully up for the experience", viewing it as a "notch on his belt".
He really cares about her and realizes that this is a big deal for her -- not as like a notch on his belt.
This is as automatic as carving a notch in a stick.
As for the latter, we found that is qualitatively similar to consider the activated Notch species as a reporter of Notch activity (data not shown).
It is suggested that CBF-1 functions as a Notch-responsive transcriptional switch.
CBF-1 is the main transcriptional effector of Notch1 receptor activation and functions as a Notch-responsive transcriptional switch.
