steno

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Recent Examples of steno 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 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 So, to keep himself organized, Horton started writing everything down in a steno pad notebook. Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2022 In April 1948, Cena, who died in 2016, took a job as a steno clerk at the Santa Fe Railway in Chicago and worked his way up the ladder to eventually become president and chief executive officer of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com, 24 Apr. 2021 The steno machines look like laptops with smaller screens. Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2019 Unlike a computer keyboard, the steno keys are virtually silent, save for a soft pattering. Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2019 While these quick-twitch skills are mostly used in courtrooms and in boardrooms, veteran reporters and captioners relish the ability to compete against one another on steno’s biggest stage: the National Speed and Realtime competitions. Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2019 Screenshots from the video provided by Power that show close-ups of a trial exhibit, a steno book belonging to the No. Mike Carter, The Seattle Times, 4 Feb. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for steno
Noun
  • 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
  • The first year focuses on learning stenography theory.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 18 May 2025
Noun
  • Although most developers would like to avoid the term Metroidvania — which is now shorthand for any 2D platformer that features exploring a pseudo-gated open world with tons of backtracking required — there’s really no way to avoid it.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2025
  • Even a color can be a shorthand to demonstrate something.
    Evan Nicole Brown, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025

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“Steno.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steno. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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