Dictaphone
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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A Dictaphone recording device worn by Hughes, which captured audio of the incident, was played to the jury.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026
“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
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
To write letters, he’d use an electric typewriter or audio-record memos on his Dictaphone and mail mini cassette tapes to his secretary to type and then fax or mail accordingly.
From The Guardian • Sep. 20, 2019
Kennedy reached for the Dictaphone sitting on the table behind him to record his private thoughts.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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