shorthand

Example Sentences

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To this day, a 1,000-point swing by the Dow is still shorthand for a big day in the market—at least among investing veterans.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Crawfie was ostracized as a result, and ‘doing a Crawfie’ became the shorthand term for any Palace employee who betrayed intimate family details for financial gain.”

From The Wall Street Journal

While Thorne notes that the title of the book has become a shorthand for the "evilness of boys," the story and its characters are far more complex, he says.

From BBC

Colin pointed out that she has her own coded form of shorthand.

From Literature

This book takes aim at what the author calls the “therapy-speak” that means well but creates an unhelpful shorthand for the more complicated problems crying out for a better means of expression.

From Los Angeles Times