How to Use court reporter in a Sentence

court reporter

noun
  • Then came the court reporters and transcribers.
    Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • My mom had been a court reporter, so her notes were more like transcripts.
    Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2021
  • The full quotes come courtesy of a court reporter's transcript.
    Eric Heisig, cleveland.com, 9 Jan. 2018
  • The court reporter captured just 53 words.
    Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Again there was no court reporter to make a record of the conversation.
    Michael R. Sisak, chicagotribune.com, 11 July 2019
  • Spears was interrupted once by the judge and once by the court reporter.
    BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2021
  • Dehen did not accept that response, and hired her back as his court reporter.
    Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2025
  • They are joined by a court reporter who perches his laptop on a suitcase and sits on the floor.
    Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The court reporter, who would have been stationed a few feet from the judge, was in a courthouse office.
    Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati.com, 17 Apr. 2020
  • State law also requires the session to be recorded by a court reporter.
    Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Velez is a court reporter, who transcribes court proceedings.
    Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News, 7 June 2022
  • Still, her sight hasn’t recovered in her left eye, which forced her to retire from her job as a court reporter.
    Lisa Sanders, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2020
  • There was no court reporter present to take a transcript of the conversation.
    Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 11 July 2019
  • Judge interrupts, asking Spears to slow down her speech so court reporter can keep up.
    Cheri Mossburg, CNN, 24 June 2021
  • Roman’s father worked as a salesman, her mother as a court reporter.
    Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2021
  • The jury was brought back into the court for the court reporter to read the conversation.
    Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Visitors on Thursday can fill out index cards or share their thoughts with a court reporter.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 18 Feb. 2026
  • At one point, as an important hearing neared, a court reporter filed a transcript nearly four months late.
    Alan Feuer, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2018
  • The college was found to have lied about the amount of time required to complete its training to become a court reporter.
    Collin Binkley, Star Tribune, 9 July 2021
  • But court reporters, who make an official transcript of the proceedings, have a front-row seat.
    Corinne Ramey, WSJ, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The court reporter told him Ingrid Bergman was his best witness, Bruno said.
    Maryjo Webster, Star Tribune, 26 Sep. 2017
  • Attorneys and the judge huddled in a corner — without a court reporter present.
    Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, 4 Dec. 2021
  • Uresti’s lawyers had expected to call a court reporter on Monday.
    Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Feb. 2018
  • The woman, who worked as a court reporter, denied the allegations.
    Andy Rose, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The four others, including a court reporter, were able to quickly escape and call police.
    Rio Yamat, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Sean Ey’s left hand clicks a computer keyboard with the adroitness of a court reporter taking notes.
    Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The court reporter walked back into the deliberating room and read the passages.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2022
  • Brockman at times spoke so quickly that the court reporter making a transcript couldn’t keep up, and the judge stepped in to urge him to speak more slowly.
    David Ingram, NBC news, 4 May 2026
  • The findings of the court reporter study have sparked debate over the possible use of dialect interpreters.
    Cassie Owens, https://www.inquirer.com, 5 June 2019
  • The 20-year-old pop star has conquered the world by singing about unruly emotions with the precision of a court reporter.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2023

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