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blotter

[blot-er] / ˈblɒt ər /




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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

Officers arrested the teens, a 15-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl, Thursday in Snohomish County, according to the Police Department’s online blotter.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 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

Over at the writing table, Zooey, pressing down heavily with his pencil, was filling in the “o”s on the advertisement side of a small blotter.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger




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