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recorder

noun

Definition of recordernext
as in reporter

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Recent Examples of recorder Many bylaws or CC&Rs say that HOA owners or members are record owners, meaning that a deed is on file in the county recorder’s office documenting that the person is an owner. — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026 After that, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Integrated National Security Enforcement Team, which had been monitoring Didulo for months, obtained a search warrant for her home, computer, smartphones, and digital video recorder. — Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026 In their grandmother’s home in a small town on the Malabar coast, an audio-recorder draws Meen into a world of traces. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026 The vehicle’s event data recorder showed speeds exceeding 75 mph, and a California Highway Patrol investigation concluded that excessive speed and driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs caused the crash. — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for recorder
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recorder
  1. reporter
  2. bookkeeper
  3. archivist
  4. secretary
  5. transcriptionist
  6. register
Noun
  • When asked for comment, an MLB spokesman pointed The Athletic to Eddings’ comments to reporters following Friday’s game.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Kyla Guilfoil Kyla Guilfoil is a breaking news reporter on the politics team for NBC News Digital.
    — Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of reporter
Noun
  • To inventory their emissions, carbon’s bookkeepers first consult the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
  • According to Xero, this feature will save accountants/bookkeepers 50 percent of their time devoted to reconciliation.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of bookkeeper
Noun
  • Almost 250 archivists have contributed to the project so far, and anyone is welcome to help document this wide and weird subsection of urban planning.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Stern didn’t set out to become the internet’s bad-boss archivist.
    — Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of archivist
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  • Sullivan is a former Marine and Iraq War veteran who served as an assistant secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs under President Barack Obama.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • In November, voters in 26 states will elect a secretary of state, choosing the officials who will oversee the 2028 presidential race throughout most of the country.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of secretary
Noun
  • After starting a family, David Winans worked various nonmusical jobs, including as a car salesman and barber, and Delores Winans was a typist and medical transcriptionist.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The key role of a transcriptionist who pieces together Marcelo’s story in the present day, for example, went to an actor who simply wowed Domingues and Filho with her audition.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025
Definition of transcriptionist
Noun
  • The film plays with their different registers and has multiple echoes from other films.
    — Roberto Prieto, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Though Carter’s professional body of work is rooted in the here and now, his personal photographs function in a different register.
    — Jason Parham, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of register

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