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shorthand

[shawrt-hand] / ˈʃɔrtˌhænd /


NOUN
stenography
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Then, on Wednesday afternoon, the district notified developers in a letter that it was canceling its “RFQ/P” — shorthand for Request For Qualifications and Proposals — and rejecting all bids.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Fast food has increasingly become fashion, entertainment, identity and political shorthand.

From Salon Sep. 2, 2026

As they craft, artisans chant aloud the design code handwritten on a strip of paper known as talim -- shorthand of ancient symbols for numbers and colours -- knotting the threads string by string.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

Several Chinese AI developers are building models with five trillion to 10 trillion parameters, a shorthand figure for a model’s capabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Another is full of old datebooks, the appointments filling the days written in some sort of shorthand in Marco’s neat, delicate handwriting.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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