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Recent Examples of shorthand
Armando Iannucci’s Veep, which ran through most of Trump’s first term, became frequent shorthand for his regime’s dysfunction, its end credits and closing theme spliced into news footage of the facepalm of the week.
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Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2025
Tate’s name is often used as a shorthand for how popular misogynistic views have become in online spaces, but while he’s mentioned briefly in the show, Adolescence creator Jack Thorne didn’t want to single him out.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, text shorthand continues to overrun our vernacular.
—Scott Nover, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
There’s a shorthand to the writing, as though the lyrics were plucked from a private text thread.
—Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2025
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Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2025
Tate’s name is often used as a shorthand for how popular misogynistic views have become in online spaces, but while he’s mentioned briefly in the show, Adolescence creator Jack Thorne didn’t want to single him out.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, text shorthand continues to overrun our vernacular.
—Scott Nover, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
There’s a shorthand to the writing, as though the lyrics were plucked from a private text thread.
—Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shorthand
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“Shorthand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shorthand. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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