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

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

From Slate • Apr. 17, 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

Officers responded to reports that a person had been hit by the monorail near the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Denny Way just before 9 p.m., the department said in an online blotter post.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 31, 2023

Colonel Cathcart sat down at his desk with a determined air and cleared a large neat space in his blotter.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller