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Recent Examples of shorthand
The Monroe Doctrine has since been used as a shorthand for maintaining U.S. dominance in Latin America by ensuring no strategic competitors are able to get a permanent foothold in the region.
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Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
The site that gave us milkshake duck (shorthand for discovering an overnight celebrity’s racist, sexist, or otherwise objectionable posts) has, post-2022, contributed noticeably less in the way of argot.
—Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2025
But, similar to the use of Critical Race Theory or CRT in politics, DEI has also become a shorthand among conservatives for any effort to address systemic racism’s role in U.S. history or politics.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2025
Contests in commercial work will be conducted at the high school April 12, in beginning typewriting, advance typewriting and shorthand for schools in this district.
—Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
The site that gave us milkshake duck (shorthand for discovering an overnight celebrity’s racist, sexist, or otherwise objectionable posts) has, post-2022, contributed noticeably less in the way of argot.
—Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2025
But, similar to the use of Critical Race Theory or CRT in politics, DEI has also become a shorthand among conservatives for any effort to address systemic racism’s role in U.S. history or politics.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2025
Contests in commercial work will be conducted at the high school April 12, in beginning typewriting, advance typewriting and shorthand for schools in this district.
—Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Shorthand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shorthand. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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