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

Officers detained a suspect, according to the blotter post, which gave no information on where that man was found.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 1, 2023

When Art saw the two of them come through the door, he dropped his pen at the edge of his desk blotter and stood and covered his eyes with his hands.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson