Stenographies Definition & Meaning

Other Words from stenography

stenographic \ ˌste-nə-ˈgra-fik

\ adjective

stenographically \ ˌste-nə-ˈgra-fi-k(ə-)lē

\ adverb

Examples of stenography in a Sentence

Secretaries must be able to do stenography.

Recent Examples on the Web His grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, and his parents were high school teachers — his father taught history, his mother typing and stenography — and liberal Democrats. — Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2022 In her 20s, June Frendt learned typing and stenography at Stevens-Henager Business College. — Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 July 2021 No network or media outlet is under any obligation to serve as the White House stenography office. — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2020 The finishing touches were applied after the world had shut down, making the album feel less like a warning about a dark but still avoidable future and more like musical stenography documenting our current predicament. — Daniel Alarcón, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2020 My father finished high school; my mother learned stenography at a vocational school and got her first job at sixteen. — Laurent Dubreuil, Harper's Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020 Frost's stenography work introduced her to two employers that would have a large impact on her future: architect Bradford Lee Gilbert and the U.S. District Court. — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Mar. 2020 The first pitfall to avoid is stenography: uncritically relaying what the president said without giving readers the relevant context. — Gilad Edelman, Wired, 10 Mar. 2020 Details like this keep the entire movie from coming off as simple stenography—a trap that many biopics fall into and that’s sometimes a problem for Just Mercy. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2020 See More

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