shorthand

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Recent Examples of shorthand Rantanen is a needle-mover, a big-game player, a capital-G Guy — any bit of shorthand used to describe someone who can swing the result of a playoff series applies to Dallas’ newest foundational piece. The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 20 May 2025 My shorthand for Lyndon Baines Johnson is LeBron James. Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025 Every workplace has its own unique code or shorthand for operational ease. Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 17 May 2025 Over the past several decades, Wallen’s particular lyrical fascinations have grown impossibly coded, becoming shorthand for an entire world view. Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for shorthand
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shorthand
Noun
  • The first year focuses on learning stenography theory.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 18 May 2025
  • Over 25 months, the cost of professional services/fees for the Carolina Blue matter topped $500,000, according to documents obtained by The Athletic. Invoices in the Carolina Blue matter listed an additional $120,000 for court reporting, which is generally a reference to stenography services.
    Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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

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“Shorthand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shorthand. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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