court reporter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of court reporter
An Americanism dating back to 1890–95
Example Sentences
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The jury also heard audio of Judge Dugan telling her court reporter, “I’ll get the heat.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
At least one of the parties must want a record to be created and have been unable to secure or afford a court reporter.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2024
A longtime court reporter may have concluded that writing it was not worth alienating someone so important on the beat, he said.
From Seattle Times • May 28, 2024
“Court is not normally like this—this is a TV trial,” one veteran court reporter said to me Thursday morning, during a 15-minute break in cross-examination.
From Slate • May 9, 2024
The term was so new that the New Orleans court reporter wasn’t sure how to write it out.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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