Example Sentences

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Typewriters vanished, and then cassette tapes and encyclopedias did, too.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2024

Typewriters and adding machines were common by the 1880s, and New York jeweler Willard Legrand Bundy patented the time clock in 1888.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Leicester was attractive - it was prosperous and had jobs available at employers like Dunlop, Imperial Typewriters, and the large hosiery mills.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2022

Typewriters use monospace fonts, where every character occupies the same amount of horizontal space.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2020

Typewriters clacked as reporters worked on stories, but two-thirds of the desks were empty.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin