as in stenography
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Recent Examples of shorthand
Rantanen is a needle-mover, a big-game player, a capital-G Guy — any bit of shorthand used to describe someone who can swing the result of a playoff series applies to Dallas’ newest foundational piece.
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The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 20 May 2025
My shorthand for Lyndon Baines Johnson is LeBron James.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
Every workplace has its own unique code or shorthand for operational ease.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 17 May 2025
Over the past several decades, Wallen’s particular lyrical fascinations have grown impossibly coded, becoming shorthand for an entire world view.
—Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
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The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 20 May 2025
My shorthand for Lyndon Baines Johnson is LeBron James.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
Every workplace has its own unique code or shorthand for operational ease.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 17 May 2025
Over the past several decades, Wallen’s particular lyrical fascinations have grown impossibly coded, becoming shorthand for an entire world view.
—Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 16 May 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 15 Jun. 2025.
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