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keyboard

[kee-bawrd] / ˈkiˌbɔrd /


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He said there had been "deliberate misinformation and a misunderstanding" about the charity, and condemned threats by "those who would hide behind a balaclava or a keyboard".

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Visually, the entire set was stunning, with fast cuts of Nancy Whang pounding on her keyboard, Al Doyle whirring his synthesizer, and Murphy shouting into his microphone, wrapped around his arm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

He designed a keyboard shortcut to instantly display a spreadsheet if the boss walked by your cubicle while you were playing a computer game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

The “Obsession” score is an ingenious showcase of decay and reinvention, taking day-spa keyboard swells and wringing them out beyond recognition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

The instrument commonly called the "piano" by the way, was originally called a "pianoforte" because it could play dynamics, unlike earlier popular keyboard instruments like the harpsichord and spinet.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

The core band here is one that has played with Beck for years—Jason Falkner and Smokey Hormel on electric guitar, Justin Meldal-Johnsen on bass, Roger Joseph Manning Jr. on keyboards and Joey Waronker on drums.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The duo studied dusty LPs from Mexico and Colombia and employed a panoply of vintage keyboards to re-create the ghostly sounds of a Latin America that ceased to exist decades ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

I pivoted my team of social-media writers, asking them to trade their keyboards for headsets while holding on to their signature eloquence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

The breakthrough could help reduce the spread of disease from frequently touched items like smartphones, keyboards, and hospital equipment.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 22, 2026

It was crammed with switches, buttons, keyboards, joysticks, and display screens.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

And by scrambled, I mean they waited ten months to replace the touchscreen with the keyboarded Q10.

From Forbes ● Nov. 7, 2013

Besides, I use the very tedious process of keyboarded voice modulation when I speak Utmano.

From Nature ● Feb. 1, 2012

Some students underperform on a high-stakes, timed test, while many lack fast and fluid handwriting skills — having moved to keyboarding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2025

The program teaches eight different courses, including basic keyboarding skills, Microsoft Office, iPhone with VoiceOver/Siri, and refreshable braille displays.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2022

In the same way people acquire and retain information better when handwriting rather than keyboarding, manually going through papers and positioning them in a physical space reinforces the information.

From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2021

Those of us who took typing rather than keyboarding have had to unlearn a habit deeply entrenched.

From Fox News ● Apr. 30, 2020

I had taken keyboarding in school the year before, and had gotten much better at it.

From "Doing Time Online" by Jan Siebold




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