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Recent Examples of stenography
Many science journalists have come to accept a frankly unacceptable level of mediocrity in our own practice, including playing an odd blame game whenever mistakes are made, and tolerating stenography.
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Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2012
His grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, and his parents were high school teachers — his father taught history, his mother typing and stenography — and liberal Democrats.
—Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2022
In her 20s, June Frendt learned typing and stenography at Stevens-Henager Business College.
—Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 July 2021
No network or media outlet is under any obligation to serve as the White House stenography office.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2020
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Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2012
His grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, and his parents were high school teachers — his father taught history, his mother typing and stenography — and liberal Democrats.
—Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2022
In her 20s, June Frendt learned typing and stenography at Stevens-Henager Business College.
—Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 July 2021
No network or media outlet is under any obligation to serve as the White House stenography office.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stenography
Noun
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That was the impetus to provide that sort of content, to be a shorthand of what this experience could be.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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In fact, that country’s name has become shorthand for a certain solipsistic dread in American popular culture.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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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So, to keep himself organized, Horton started writing everything down in a steno pad notebook.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
17 July 2022
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“Stenography.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stenography. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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