typist

Example Sentences

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Sir Michael remembered: "Terry was the faster typist, so he would do most of the typing. And come to think of it, he also made the coffee depending where we were working."

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

When did I become such a terrible iPhone typist?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

“Using a small camera, the scanning machine takes pictures of the text and does electronically what a typist working a word processor does at a keyboard.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2024

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

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024

He stayed there for six months; with a typist he reconstructed the manuscript and put together a typescript.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela