typist
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When did I become such a terrible iPhone typist?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
It took the city 377 business days to approve a list of candidates for a clerk typist position and 362 calendar days for a position at the Long Beach port, he wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2024
When Mr Taylor joined the BBC newsroom in Belfast he was the only reporter, alongside a news editor and a typist.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2024
“I remember my days as a waiter, cleaner, typist, even my time on the unemployment line,” Ms. Streep said in a statement.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2023
I could be a waitress or a typist.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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Between 1900 and 1930, female typists and stenographers increased more than 10-fold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
Everyone working on the inquiry was offered support due to the traumatic nature of the evidence, from detectives to the typists tasked with transcribing interviews.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2025
This kept an entire pool of court reporters, secretaries, and typists endlessly busy for the duration of the nearly yearlong proceedings.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2024
By recording the sounds of someone typing on a keyboard while using Zoom, researchers Joshua Harrison, Ehsan Toreini and Maryam Mehrnezhad said they discovered a way to reveal what the typists write.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
In the few public and business offices that I had visited in Umtata and Fort Hare, the typists had always been white and male.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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