Definition of TYPIST

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Recent Examples on the Web The wardrobe of a city that once was, filling skyscraper boardrooms and ballrooms, typist pools and art collectives, and may never be again. — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, "Marc Jacobs and the Monumental Dream of New York," 13 Feb. 2020 Linda Labadini, a police department clerk typist, is honored for her 32-year-and-counting commitment to the Boston Police Department and the East Boston community. — BostonGlobe.com, "The other eight recipients, all city employees, are being honored with the Shattuck Public Service Award. The award recognizes those with dedicated public service to the community.," 6 Oct. 2019 There’s a shorthand typist taking seconds over minutes. — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, "Waxing Lyrical," 17 Feb. 2020 Additionally, instead of dumping text onto the screen normally, AI Dungeon renders it with an agonizingly slow left-to-right scroll, at a roughly similar speed to a competent typist. — Ars Staff, Ars Technica, "The machines are whispering: We tested AI Dungeon 2 and cannot stop laughing," 20 Jan. 2020 The big drop-off in office and administrative support jobs likely reflects technology's displacement of workers such as secretaries, administrative assistants, bank tellers and typists, Stein said. — Paul Gores, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Wisconsin's job market has shifted since Great Recession," 2 Dec. 2019 His mother retired as a clerk typist at the Massapequa Water District. — New York Times, "Steven Mazzola, Jeffrey Akman," 13 Oct. 2019 There were other portable keyboards on the market, but [Olodort] realized that touch typists were sensitive to keyboards. — Los Angeles Times, "Bob Olodort, the inventor of the label printer and portable keyboard, dies," 23 July 2019 Mobile typists who use auto-correct are faster than those who use word-prediction tools, according to a study that looked at 37,000 volunteers tested by researchers at Finland's Aalto University, the University of Cambridge and ETH Zürich. — Anchorage Daily News, "Smartphones are changing the way we type," 9 Oct. 2019

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“Typist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/typist. Accessed 4 Jul. 2020.

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