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
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
