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typist

[tahy-pist] / ˈtaɪ pɪst /


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Sir Michael remembered: "Terry was the faster typist, so he would do most of the typing. And come to think of it, he also made the coffee depending where we were working."

From BBC Apr. 25, 2026

When did I become such a terrible iPhone typist?

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 29, 2026

It took the city 377 business days to approve a list of candidates for a clerk typist position and 362 calendar days for a position at the Long Beach port, he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2024

“I remember my days as a waiter, cleaner, typist, even my time on the unemployment line,” Ms. Streep said in a statement.

From New York Times Aug. 2, 2023

I met no rebuffs, only gentleness when they informed me they could not use my services as typist, bookkeeper, etc.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

But jobs that entailed doing more routine cognitive work such as typists and back-office bookkeepers—roles that had once promised a solid path to the middle class—were no longer so vital.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 24, 2026

Everyone working on the inquiry was offered support due to the traumatic nature of the evidence, from detectives to the typists tasked with transcribing interviews.

From BBC Jan. 27, 2025

This kept an entire pool of court reporters, secretaries, and typists endlessly busy for the duration of the nearly yearlong proceedings.

From Slate Mar. 16, 2024

By recording the sounds of someone typing on a keyboard while using Zoom, researchers Joshua Harrison, Ehsan Toreini and Maryam Mehrnezhad said they discovered a way to reveal what the typists write.

From Washington Times Aug. 7, 2023

In the few public and business offices that I had visited in Umtata and Fort Hare, the typists had always been white and male.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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