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stenography

[stuh-nog-ruh-fee] / stəˈnɒg rə fi /
NOUN
note-taking
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And she spends at least 18 hours a week practicing on her stenography machine—a specialized keyboard she likens to playing chords, which allows her to transcribe exceptionally fast.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

But exploring women at middle-age and older, as she tends to do, is also a canny defense against those who might reduce a young woman’s work to mere autobiographical stenography.

From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2022

His grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, and his parents were high school teachers — his father taught history, his mother typing and stenography — and liberal Democrats.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2022

“The statistics are fans’ shorthand stenography for our stories,” Thorn said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2021

“From 10 to 12 and 2 to 4 six days in the week, I shall confine myself to my old medical works and other college studies including stenography, French and German.”

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


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