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typist

[tahy-pist] / ˈtaɪ pɪst /


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It’s for any typist in your life, especially millennials nostalgic for the see-through gadgets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025

When Mr Taylor joined the BBC newsroom in Belfast he was the only reporter, alongside a news editor and a typist.

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2024

Eileen did not appear to have writerly aspirations, though she did act as Orwell’s note taker, first reader, editor, typist, agent and more.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2023

“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

Our Cavendish typist was not on hand, and the brief job was given to my sister.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

Pen-and-ink clerks who struggled to top 20 words a minute were displaced by typists who could top 60 wpm, especially if they used new touch-typing techniques pioneered by a Cincinnati stenographer, Elizabeth Longley.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2025

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

Aside from Pentagon typists, she realized, she was the first woman to read these documents.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin


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