How to Use stenographer in a Sentence

stenographer

noun
  • Yet this was still the age of the button, and so the crew at work resembled a team of court stenographers.
    Laurence Scott, Wired, 28 Mar. 2020
  • His mother, who struggled with poor mental health, worked as a stenographer and at other jobs to pay the bills.
    New York Times, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Plexiglas panels were placed between the lawyers and a court stenographer.
    NBC News, 17 May 2021
  • The court stenographers fought hard against publishing transcripts.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 17 June 2024
  • His mother was a stenographer and journalist who later worked as the bookkeeper and cashier at the store.
    New York Times, 22 Dec. 2020
  • The court stenographers, however, record every word, all of which appear in the transcripts.
    Nick Akerman, New York Daily News, 5 May 2024
  • The stenographer then read Zambrano’s question aloud a second time.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Some are stenographers and others are voice writers who speak into stenomasks to record everything said in the courtroom.
    Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2018
  • The Democratic senators filed in one at a time, spoke for an hour to the rotating crew of stenographers and left.
    Charles Homans, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2017
  • The other common thread is filmmakers who refuse to act as stenographers and invent or embellish beyond the page.
    Scott Tobias, chicagotribune.com, 1 Sep. 2017
  • The only other people present were the prosecutor, the defense lawyer and a stenographer.
    Shibani Mahtani, Washington Post, 23 June 2020
  • As lawmakers agreed to the deals, the dictograph carried their conversation to the room next door, where a stenographer wrote it all down.
    Andrew Lanham, The New Republic, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Court stenographers were on hand for the hearings, but Gaughan has said transcripts won’t be released until after trial.
    Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 10 May 2018
  • Caine stars as a successful writer of seedy pulp novels who dictates his books to stenographers rather than have to go to the trouble of using a typewriter.
    Chris Ball, cleveland.com, 29 Dec. 2017
  • The stenographers charged 75 cents a page to 18 news organizations that bought the transcripts.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 17 June 2024
  • Many Twitters users pointed out the staffers and stenographer who are visible in the video were within six feet of Sullivan.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2020
  • That’s a crazy system, but nonetheless, after the stenographers get paid, Merchan should publish the transcripts.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2024
  • Lidz was in Ireland and flew to California along with his daughter, Daisy, who acted as stenographer.
    Rebecca Tauber, New York Times, 16 May 2026
  • Participants in the civil proceedings can hire private stenographers to maintain a record of what’s said, but their services can run thousands of dollars a day.
    Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Only the grand jury, a court stenographer, the state attorney or assistant state attorney and witnesses are allowed in.
    Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Burns, the stenographer, danced in Busby Berkeley films and married one of the top cinematographers at Fox.
    Keith Johnston, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2021
  • Both in her youth and then again in her 50's Barbara worked as a court medical stenographer, but her greatest pleasure was spending time with her family and friends.
    sun-sentinel.com, 6 Sep. 2019
  • The licensing process for these stenographers is significantly longer and more difficult than what voice writers undergo.
    Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • North Dakota has moved the other direction, recording proceedings broadly and phasing out stenographers.
    K.h. Koehler, USA Today, 17 July 2026
  • The 14 reporters in the White House briefing room all wore masks, as did the photographers and the White House stenographer.
    Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2020
  • At the time, Ruth was working as a stenographer at Paramount Studios, and Elliot was designing light fixtures.
    Nicole Kagan, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
  • Her father, Leo, was a teacher, and her mother, Fanny (Natelson) Dressler, was a stenographer.
    Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 1 July 2018
  • Roosevelt staggered a bit and then fell into a seat beneath him while his stenographer leaped out of a car and wrestled Schrank to the ground to prevent him from firing again, according to the article.
    Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
  • The stenographer’s job at the Medfield hospital remained unfilled throughout the summer of 1915.
    Dick Lehr, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Some of the jurors in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial fell asleep during the proceedings, the court stenographer has revealed.
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 7 June 2022

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