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Recent Examples of shorthand
On social media, ‘comunicado oficial’ has become shorthand for any major news involving Madrid.
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Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
In pop culture, pizza has long served as shorthand for New York life.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
He is generally viewed as the most accomplished designer of posters in history, whose name is invoked by movie fans as shorthand for visually stunning film art.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
What began in 1978 as a practical shoe with a ribbon pulled from an atelier scrap pile is now shorthand for Ferragamo itself.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
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Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
In pop culture, pizza has long served as shorthand for New York life.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
He is generally viewed as the most accomplished designer of posters in history, whose name is invoked by movie fans as shorthand for visually stunning film art.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
What began in 1978 as a practical shoe with a ribbon pulled from an atelier scrap pile is now shorthand for Ferragamo itself.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shorthand
Noun
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The first year focuses on learning stenography theory.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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Over 25 months, the cost of professional services/fees for the Carolina Blue matter topped $500,000, according to documents obtained by The Athletic. Invoices in the Carolina Blue matter listed an additional $120,000 for court reporting, which is generally a reference to stenography services.—
Brendan Marks,
The Athletic,
12 Feb. 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 29 Oct. 2025.
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