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Recent Examples of transcript The ruling could affect millions of Californians who have gone through civil proceedings without a transcript — and potentially could not appeal a judge’s decision because there was no record of what happened in court. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2026 By some estimates, one of which was cited in the ruling, the state eschewed an official transcript in more than 1 million hearings during a one-year stretch ending in 2024. — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026 Neither Littlejohn, the city of Charlotte nor the CMPD officers have asked to seal the transcript referenced in this story. — Julia Coin august 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Aug. 2026 The conversation must enter a microphone, become digital data and be processed before a transcript or clinical note can exist. — New Atlas, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for transcript
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  • Somehow this abstract understanding exists alongside, or by means of, the objects in the waiting room—a paper cup from the water cooler, or a copy of People magazine.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The album went on to sell more than two million copies and remains beloved by fans today.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
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  • Because the most human part of listening isn’t transcription.
    — Maria Colacurcio, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026
  • For years, a meaningful share of what a company paid its accounting firm was payment for careful, tedious, entirely necessary transcription.
    — Bree Manay, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
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