blotter

Example Sentences

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He grew up in Latrobe, Penn., and got his start in journalism writing the police blotter for his local paper.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

Meneley’s shooting is the first shooting by SPD officers in eight months and the first fatal one in 23 months, the blotter post says.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2024

This arrangement—the “four-way”—would recur throughout the history of blotter.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2024

Officers arrested the teens, a 15-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl, Thursday in Snohomish County, according to the Police Department’s online blotter.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024

“Here,” she said sharply, reaching for the blotter and shoving it into my fingers.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright