Dictaphone
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“He had his Dictaphone on from the minute Lionel and Michael started writing the song and Ken started doing logistics all the way to 8 in the morning, when they left the studio,” Nottingham says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
Jamie Oliver said he recorded his first books on a Dictaphone instead of writing them down because of his struggles with dyslexia.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2023
One afternoon at work, for instance, Emma’s secretary awkwardly approaches her to explain that she can’t transcribe the letters that Emma has left for her on a Dictaphone.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2022
He kept up a voluminous correspondence, which meant many hours speaking into his beloved treadle-activated Dictaphone.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 4, 2019
There was a click as he stepped on a foot-switch, turning on a small Dictaphone on a nearby table.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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