Noun
He deleted all of my work with a single keystroke.
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Agents will also help people learn how to perform complex tasks with a few keystrokes, enabling them to grow as editors.—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025 In some instances, a keypad may be installed overtop of the device's keypad, to copy the keystrokes of a customer's pin.—Harrison Jones, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
Verb
Bernhardt’s report points to keystroke logging technology and webcams that can tell when a person goes off task as examples of tech that can keep track of people even when working from home.—Chase Difeliciantonio, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2021 See All Example Sentences for keystroke
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