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
Privileged Rockridge hardly seems the sort of neighborhood that would generate grist for the crime blotter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
The SPD blotter post doesn’t indicate whether the vehicles used in the home-invasion robberies are believed to have been stolen.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 29, 2023
Holding the blotter in my hand, I stared at the envelope and could not move.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
