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Recent Examples of shorthand
Even in today’s inflationary times, that number is basically a shorthand for a lot of money.
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Anna North, Vox, 26 June 2025
Even that word, discourse—a shorthand for the way that a particular topic gets put through the internet’s meat grinder—is a misnomer, because none of the participants is really talking to the others.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 July 2025
The geographical and generational gap was a convenient shorthand for exploring versions of masculinity.
—Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 27 July 2025
An emergency dispatcher announced the shooting over the police radio in the same breath as a 10-1 call, shorthand for officers in distress.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025
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Anna North, Vox, 26 June 2025
Even that word, discourse—a shorthand for the way that a particular topic gets put through the internet’s meat grinder—is a misnomer, because none of the participants is really talking to the others.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 July 2025
The geographical and generational gap was a convenient shorthand for exploring versions of masculinity.
—Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 27 July 2025
An emergency dispatcher announced the shooting over the police radio in the same breath as a 10-1 call, shorthand for officers in distress.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shorthand
Noun
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Intrigued, McKenna quickly registered for the National Court Reporter Association’s A to Z intro program, rented a stenography machine, and dove right in.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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The first year focuses on learning stenography theory.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
18 May 2025
Noun
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The steno keyboard is specially designed to press multiple keys at once to capture entire syllables or words in a single stroke.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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Live captioning is an entirely different animal, and those workers use steno machines, like those used in courtrooms, to create hyperfast captions.—
Kirsten Chuba,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 June 2023
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“Shorthand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shorthand. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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