How to Use typist in a Sentence

typist

noun
  • Some seemed to think the museum piece was the typist, not the typewriter.
    James Barron, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2018
  • This middle-of-the-road approach makes Browns viable for both typists and gamers.
    Ian Paul, PCWorld, 21 Mar. 2018
  • In 1933, a Nazi friend helped her get hired as a typist in the news department of Berlin’s state radio station.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 30 Jan. 2017
  • In 1933, a Nazi friend helped her get hired as a typist in the news department of Berlin’s state radio station.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 30 Jan. 2017
  • The state intended to call as a witness Julia Schmitt, a 17-year-old typist.
    Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, 7 Jan. 2022
  • The famed Golden Girls star was a typist and truck driver in the Marine Corps for two years beginning in 1943.
    Alexis Chestnov, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The typist used one hand to rotate the cylindrical grid and the other hand to move a cursor left and right to indicate one of the 4,356 cells.
    IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2024
  • And even thumb typists will appreciate an assist from the touch screen from time to time.
    Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY, 4 May 2017
  • His father ran a men’s clothing store, his mother worked as a typist.
    Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 26 June 2018
  • Davis, a supply typist, knew Doolittle at Kelly in the early 1920s, Hussey said.
    From Express-News Archives, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Mar. 2018
  • The LEDs are south facing which illuminate the keyboard better from the typist’s point of view.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 1 May 2022
  • The wardrobe of a city that once was, filling skyscraper boardrooms and ballrooms, typist pools and art collectives, and may never be again.
    Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2020
  • The board will continue this practice until contracts for new hardware and a live typist are signed.
    Daily Pilot, 15 Aug. 2019
  • She was educated at a convent before leaving school at 15 to work as a clerk and typist.
    Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Like Edward Dolman at Christie's, Ruprecht was a lifer who had ascended from the bottom of the auction house (in his case, a summer job as a typist).
    Vicky Ward, Town & Country, 4 Mar. 2015
  • Not only that, the speech-recognition engine made fewer errors than the typists.
    David Pierce, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2018
  • Cherry Reds also don't make much sound, which may bother typists who are used to at least some clickety-clack even with rubber-domed keyboards.
    Ian Paul, PCWorld, 12 Apr. 2018
  • When Lee’s lawyer father gave her a typewriter, the aspiring writers would take turns being typists, Vig says.
    Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al, 27 Aug. 2019
  • The DataPen from Storm Primax is a handheld personal text scanner that the company says can read text about 10 to 20 times faster than your average typist.
    Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 June 1996
  • Warhol then had the recordings transcribed by young female typists at his renowned midtown Factory—who, needless to add, were not credited when the book was published.
    Sam Sacks, WSJ, 14 July 2023
  • Marsha Moran, Fisher’s former typist, detailed the unusual way she was interviewed for the job.
    Lisa Amand, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Photocopiers and printers reduce the burden of the typist but create the need to self-prepare, collate, and distribute the reports in addition to writing them.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The keys are arranged so as to prevent awkward key combinations and minimize strain on the hand; the world's fastest English language typist until 2009 set her record on a Dvorak.
    Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2011
  • His father, an electrician, and his mother, a typist, took him as a child to country music bars, where he was captivated by the steel guitar players.
    New York Times, 17 Apr. 2021
  • Veronica finds a job as a typist working, unwittingly, for a group with anti-Semitic and pro-Hitler sentiments.
    Sun Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The arrival of the computer, for example, wiped out millions of positions as secretaries and typists.
    Melia Russell, SFChronicle.com, 11 July 2019
  • There’s a shorthand typist taking seconds over minutes.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 17 Feb. 2020
  • His mother retired as a clerk typist at the Massapequa Water District.
    New York Times, 13 Oct. 2019
  • Foremost among these hustlers is his roommate, Gregory, a Haitian hunk who makes rent by temping (as a typist) and topping (white closet cases who pay for his discretion).
    Daniel Nieh, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Imagine if Stephen Hawking could communicate faster than a speed typist or auctioneer.
    Charlie Fink, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024

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