stenographer

“We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state,” she wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

Rather, it belonged to a woman from Illinois with a versatile résumé that included writing, acting, engineering and working as a stenographer: Lizzie Magie.

From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2024

When Dannett appeared 17 years after Livingston’s conviction, the stenographer was eager to help.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2023

West also worries the increased record-keeping during the inquiry stage—including bringing in a stenographer to record testimony and labeling all evidence—could deter anyone coming forward with a complaint.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 28, 2023

I would buy their lunches, take their suits out to have them pressed, pay their light, telephone, and gas bills, and deliver notes for them to their stenographer girl friends in near-by office buildings.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

Participants in the civil proceedings can hire private stenographers to maintain a record of what’s said, but their services can run thousands of dollars a day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

But the young women who would have become telephone operators became stenographers, administrative assistants and waitresses instead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

He would shake hands with the entire crew if the interview was on camera, and there would often be an embrace for the stenographers busily transcribing his thoughts.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2024

Pipeline opponents had criticized the Wednesday meeting because oral testimony was only accepted in private to stenographers in a curtained area in a hotel ballroom.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023

The gathering outside the Tribune included businessmen, clerks, traveling salesmen, stenographers, police officers, and at least one barber.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson