as in stenography
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Recent Examples of shorthand
Fictional Amity Island mayor Larry Vaughn, who notoriously kept beaches open despite shark attacks, remains a shorthand for political mismanagement of shark incidents.
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Alexandra Gillespie, Outside Online, 25 June 2025
In the video above, Rafferty recalled a day during shooting in which a director’s shorthand caught her attention.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 25 May 2025
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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Alexandra Gillespie, Outside Online, 25 June 2025
In the video above, Rafferty recalled a day during shooting in which a director’s shorthand caught her attention.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 25 May 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shorthand
Noun
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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
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The first year focuses on learning stenography theory.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
18 May 2025
Noun
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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
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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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“Shorthand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shorthand. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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