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

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

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2024

Privileged Rockridge hardly seems the sort of neighborhood that would generate grist for the crime blotter.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2024

Police arrived around 2 a.m. shortly after several 911 callers reported gunfire, according to a Seattle police blotter post.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 13, 2023

I took them out and let them flutter on to Doctor Gordon's immaculate green blotter.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath