blotter

Example Sentences

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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

Officers Adam Fowler and Nick French were identified as the officers who opened fire, according to the blotter post.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2024

This arrangement—the “four-way”—would recur throughout the history of blotter.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2024

Privileged Rockridge hardly seems the sort of neighborhood that would generate grist for the crime blotter.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2024

“Now, take a blotter from over there and blot each envelope after I’m through writing on it,” she instructed me, pointing to a blotter that stood about a foot from my hand.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright