phonography

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as in shorthand

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  1. shorthand
  2. stenography
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  • Suez became a shorthand for the demise of the European empires and the passage from a multipolar world to the bipolar Cold War–era system.
    — MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The same visual shorthand—a sourdough loaf, an apron or a backyard flock—can attract viewers looking for very different things.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
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  • Beginning in the late 19th century, the office also produced a new gender division of labor, as more of the repetitive work—typing, filing, stenography—fell to a secretarial class of women with limited prospects for advancement.
    — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026
  • Anyone could learn to use the machine in two weeks or less, compared to months or years to master stenography.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2026
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