dictation
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The report said concerns about O'Brien's practice were known for many years before 2016, including triage delays, record-keeping failures, storage of patients notes at home, delayed dictation, non-standard prescribing and other clinical and administrative concerns.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Along the same lines, dictation software has made a massive leap this year.
From Slate ● May 24, 2026
These new AI dictation apps leverage Apple’s advanced chips on iPhones and Macs to run private on-device dictation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026
I’ve also begun dictating all my emails, Slack messages and everything else using the built-in dictation features on my Lenovo Chromebook Plus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 24, 2026
Isaac took this spirit dictation in the form of a letter to himself.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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Mr. Santaki came up with the idea of large groups of people taking part in dictations back in 2013.
From NewsForKids.net ● Jun. 8, 2023
French spelling is notoriously tricky and dictations have inspired dread in generations of pupils from Dunkerque to Perpignan.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2023
Stripped from the final report, for instance, was a reference to how several department leaders who attended Garcetti’s weekly “cabinet” meetings told researchers that the meetings “often felt more like dictations rather than discussions.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2022
Junior and senior staff members told investigators they were asked to perform book tasks during their work day, including transcribing dictations, printing and delivering documents, and attending meetings with agents and publishers.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
Weak and prejudiced minds receive the doctrines of a philosopher like Tocqueville as dictations: he pronounced ex cathedra his doctrines, and it is heresy to gainsay them.
From Canada and the Canadians Volume I by Richard Henry Bonnycastle
Vocabulary lists containing dictation
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