stenographer
Example Sentences
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Pen-and-ink clerks who struggled to top 20 words a minute were displaced by typists who could top 60 wpm, especially if they used new touch-typing techniques pioneered by a Cincinnati stenographer, Elizabeth Longley.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025
She spoke so quickly, at least six times during her testimony she was asked to slow down so a court stenographer could keep pace.
From Seattle Times • May 7, 2024
Rather, it belonged to a woman from Illinois with a versatile résumé that included writing, acting, engineering and working as a stenographer: Lizzie Magie.
From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2024
She worked as a stenographer for pay-as-you-go lessons.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2024
Pease and Reynolds had so timed it that Mr. Crane and the stenographer would be out when they turned on the terror.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
