stenography
Americannoun
noun
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the act or process of writing in shorthand by hand or machine
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matter written in shorthand
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And she spends at least 18 hours a week practicing on her stenography machine—a specialized keyboard she likens to playing chords, which allows her to transcribe exceptionally fast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
But he did seem to will himself into some extreme stenography, whether for self-preservation or merely his own memory, or for some other reason.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2023
But exploring women at middle-age and older, as she tends to do, is also a canny defense against those who might reduce a young woman’s work to mere autobiographical stenography.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2022
“The statistics are fans’ shorthand stenography for our stories,” Thorn said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2021
The sister, who had taken on a job as a salesgirl, in the evening studied stenography and French, so as perhaps later to obtain a better position.
From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka
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