typewriter
noun
type·writ·er
ˈtīp-ˌrī-tər 
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By the age of three, she was consumed with letters and their patterns, with the musical sound of a typewriter.
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Patti Callahan Henry, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
This typewriter saw a lot, as Hemingway spent his life following trouble around.
—Mike Hanlon, New Atlas, 6 Mar. 2025
The left-behind typewriters are hardly the only relics of the way newspapers used to be written and produced.
—James Barron, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
That old adage, ‘Retire without debt,’ may be going the way of the electric typewriter and rotary phone.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2025
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Patti Callahan Henry, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
This typewriter saw a lot, as Hemingway spent his life following trouble around.
—Mike Hanlon, New Atlas, 6 Mar. 2025
The left-behind typewriters are hardly the only relics of the way newspapers used to be written and produced.
—James Barron, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
That old adage, ‘Retire without debt,’ may be going the way of the electric typewriter and rotary phone.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for typewriter
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“Typewriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/typewriter. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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typewriter
noun
type·writ·er
ˈtī-ˌprīt-ər
: a machine that prints letters or figures when a person pushes its keys down
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