typewriter
noun
type·writ·er
ˈtīp-ˌrī-tər 
Examples of typewriter in a Sentence
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The music video uses animation to display the song's words, recreating the ribbon of a typewriter and the lettered cutouts of a ransom note.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2024
On her Instagram Story, Swift, 34, shared a link to preorder the album, as well as a video of a typewriter typing out a set of apparent lyrics.
—Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
One day, she was asked to try out a new kind of typewriter in the newsroom.
—Rebecca Chace, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
But in 2011, a federal magistrate judge read the petition Coleman had written on a typewriter in his cell and granted him an evidentiary hearing.
—Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
His father was a prominent industrial designer and architect whose designs included the IBM Selectric typewriter and round gas pumps for Mobil.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Launched in early 1974 by a group of Who fanatics/British-rock obsessives — and edited for its entire existence by Ira A. Robbins — the magazine was initially written on typewriters and mimeographed; the first copy cost a quarter.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 18 Mar. 2024
After this ‘jam session,’ Hank would sit at the typewriter and try to weave out of the craziness something cohesive to present to Johnny.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2024
The mystery gift turned out to be a vintage typewriter.
—Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2024
On her Instagram Story, Swift, 34, shared a link to preorder the album, as well as a video of a typewriter typing out a set of apparent lyrics.
—Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
One day, she was asked to try out a new kind of typewriter in the newsroom.
—Rebecca Chace, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
But in 2011, a federal magistrate judge read the petition Coleman had written on a typewriter in his cell and granted him an evidentiary hearing.
—Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
His father was a prominent industrial designer and architect whose designs included the IBM Selectric typewriter and round gas pumps for Mobil.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Launched in early 1974 by a group of Who fanatics/British-rock obsessives — and edited for its entire existence by Ira A. Robbins — the magazine was initially written on typewriters and mimeographed; the first copy cost a quarter.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 18 Mar. 2024
After this ‘jam session,’ Hank would sit at the typewriter and try to weave out of the craziness something cohesive to present to Johnny.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2024
The mystery gift turned out to be a vintage typewriter.
—Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
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typewriter
noun
type·writ·er
ˈtī-ˌprīt-ər
: a machine that prints letters or figures when a person pushes its keys down
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