as in stenography
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Under the trinity of function, style and culture, Crocs has solidified itself as shorthand for trend culture, deeply intertwined with seasonal moments.
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Footwear News, 23 May 2025
Unlike The Last of Us, however, Doom is entirely uninterested in interrogating the meaning of that violence — a theme that has become a shorthand for mature storytelling in games, whether or not that descriptor is earned.
—Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 20 May 2025
People who live in Vietnam, however, are more likely to view it as a symbol of American imperialism, and as nationalistic sentiment here has swelled in recent years, evoking the Golden State has become a shorthand of sorts to criticize those opponents.
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
These are the regions that shaped the category, where often pale, dry rosés have become shorthand for summer.
—Rachel King, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
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Footwear News, 23 May 2025
Unlike The Last of Us, however, Doom is entirely uninterested in interrogating the meaning of that violence — a theme that has become a shorthand for mature storytelling in games, whether or not that descriptor is earned.
—Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 20 May 2025
People who live in Vietnam, however, are more likely to view it as a symbol of American imperialism, and as nationalistic sentiment here has swelled in recent years, evoking the Golden State has become a shorthand of sorts to criticize those opponents.
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
These are the regions that shaped the category, where often pale, dry rosés have become shorthand for summer.
—Rachel King, Forbes.com, 7 June 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 7 Jul. 2025.
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