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Recent Examples of shorthand
For many in Austin, this phrase has become shorthand for the forces bringing higher prices and displacement of established culture.
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Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
In the Hollywood blockbuster, The Devil Wears Prada, Meryl Streep’s Miranda Priestly—allegedly modeled on Wintour—became a cinematic shorthand for power, polish and control.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Much like the likes of Ocasio-Cortez, Nancy Pelosi, and Hillary Clinton, Mamdani is about to become shorthand on Fox News and the MAGAverse for rightwing attacks.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 25 June 2025
Fictional Amity Island mayor Larry Vaughn, who notoriously kept beaches open despite shark attacks, remains a shorthand for political mismanagement of shark incidents.
—Alexandra Gillespie, Outside Online, 25 June 2025
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Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
In the Hollywood blockbuster, The Devil Wears Prada, Meryl Streep’s Miranda Priestly—allegedly modeled on Wintour—became a cinematic shorthand for power, polish and control.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Much like the likes of Ocasio-Cortez, Nancy Pelosi, and Hillary Clinton, Mamdani is about to become shorthand on Fox News and the MAGAverse for rightwing attacks.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 25 June 2025
Fictional Amity Island mayor Larry Vaughn, who notoriously kept beaches open despite shark attacks, remains a shorthand for political mismanagement of shark incidents.
—Alexandra Gillespie, Outside Online, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shorthand
Noun
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Intrigued, McKenna quickly registered for the National Court Reporter Association’s A to Z intro program, rented a stenography machine, and dove right in.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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The first year focuses on learning stenography theory.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
18 May 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 30 Jul. 2025.
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