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Cuba Press, a news agency with six typewriters located in the house of the poet Raúl Rivero, managed to report on the national hangover, as did Habana Press, an agency directed by Joaquín Torres, who dictated his articles over the phone to the exiles running Cubanet and Radio Martí.
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Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 19 May 2026
By then, standard-issue electric typewriters and six-ply carbon paper had been replaced by far less visually interesting computers.
—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
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Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 19 May 2026
By then, standard-issue electric typewriters and six-ply carbon paper had been replaced by far less visually interesting computers.
—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
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“Typewriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/typewriter. Accessed 28 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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