typist

Example Sentences

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When did I become such a terrible iPhone typist?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

At 15, she joined the Yorkshire Evening Post as a typist, but was soon taken on as a reporter.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024

“Using a small camera, the scanning machine takes pictures of the text and does electronically what a typist working a word processor does at a keyboard.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2024

For years, as a two-finger typist, he exuberantly turned out one major article after another.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024

Our Cavendish typist was not on hand, and the brief job was given to my sister.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson