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By then, standard-issue electric typewriters and six-ply carbon paper had been replaced by far less visually interesting computers.
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Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
That seems like total nonsense to David Brooks, owner of Just Bulbs, a third-generation bulb man who warehouses incandescents like a typewriter repairman stocking ribbons.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2026
My mother wrote on an old typewriter.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
Glickman remembers Fuentes and his typewriter at Wood Tavern in Wynwood.
—Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
That seems like total nonsense to David Brooks, owner of Just Bulbs, a third-generation bulb man who warehouses incandescents like a typewriter repairman stocking ribbons.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2026
My mother wrote on an old typewriter.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
Glickman remembers Fuentes and his typewriter at Wood Tavern in Wynwood.
—Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
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“Typewriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/typewriter. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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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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