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For instance, maybe a slow typist is suddenly filling out forms at lightning speed.
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Ranjita Iyer, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Black leggings and a purple sweater, underwear and socks — something to wear the next day at her job as a typist clerk for Los Angeles County.
—Corina Knoll, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
For example, advanced typists hammer away at the keyboard at 120 words per minute, but all that finger dexterity still only translates to ten bits per second of information processing, the researchers conclude.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
The notorious artist is a spectral presence — the book’s beating heart is its narrator and her relationships with her mother, mother’s boyfriend, and fellow typist Shelley, as well as her relationship with the culture around her.
—Tomi Obaro, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
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Ranjita Iyer, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Black leggings and a purple sweater, underwear and socks — something to wear the next day at her job as a typist clerk for Los Angeles County.
—Corina Knoll, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
For example, advanced typists hammer away at the keyboard at 120 words per minute, but all that finger dexterity still only translates to ten bits per second of information processing, the researchers conclude.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
The notorious artist is a spectral presence — the book’s beating heart is its narrator and her relationships with her mother, mother’s boyfriend, and fellow typist Shelley, as well as her relationship with the culture around her.
—Tomi Obaro, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Typist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/typist. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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typist
noun
typ·ist
ˈtī-pəst 
: a person who types especially as a job
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