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typist

[tahy-pist] / ˈtaɪ pɪst /


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It’s for any typist in your life, especially millennials nostalgic for the see-through gadgets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025

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

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

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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