typist

Example Sentences

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When did I become such a terrible iPhone typist?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

But she found a job as a typist at Radio Tokyo, which enlisted POWs in its propaganda division and recruited her in late 1943 as a disc jockey.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

Referring to the late British scientist who had motor neurone disease, he added: "Imagine if Stephen Hawking could communicate faster than a speed typist or auctioneer. That is the goal."

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2024

For years, as a two-finger typist, he exuberantly turned out one major article after another.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024

“I’m the twenty-fourth speediest typist in the class.”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu