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
Officers arrested the teens, a 15-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl, Thursday in Snohomish County, according to the Police Department’s online blotter.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024
Heather paints her nails on her desk blotter and blathers.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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