typist
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When did I become such a terrible iPhone typist?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
She left school at 15 to work as a typist and copytaker on the Yorkshire Evening Post, and got her first stories into the newspaper’s pages by surreptitiously slipping them into the sub-editor’s tray.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2024
Eileen did not appear to have writerly aspirations, though she did act as Orwell’s note taker, first reader, editor, typist, agent and more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2023
“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
In 1967, a typist from the Marshall Library started coming in to help them once a week.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
Between 1900 and 1930, female typists and stenographers increased more than 10-fold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 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
“Snobbery has gone out of fashion, and in our shops you will find duchesses jostling with typists to buy the same dress,” Quant once said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2023
Major Major strode with dignity to the rear of the orderly room without glancing at any of the clerks and typists working at the desks and filing cabinets.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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