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
A woman in her 40s driving northbound on Elliott Avenue West hit the man in the 600 block of the road before 6 p.m., police said in an online blotter post.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
Last week, that desk — a vintage Monteverdi Young piece from 1963 with an 11-foot back credenza and built-in ink blotter — was buried under bills and bright yellow sticky notes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
The drafting table was bare except for a blotter and a Sox mug full of mechanical pencils.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
