recorder

noun

Definition of recordernext
as in reporter

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Recent Examples of recorder The Amazon Bee Pioneer, a tiny recorder worn as a wristband that listens and offers advice, was helpful for networking events. — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 26 July 2026 The board also will fund a new $15 million information technology system and related positions for the recorder. — Josh Kelety, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026 Developers who use multiple AI agents simultaneously can switch between them using the illuminated keys, and a dedicated voice recorder shortcut supports spoken prompts. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026 For the distortion Richards played an acoustic guitar in open tuning into the microphone of a cheap cassette recorder, with Watts accompanying on a basic drum kit. — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for recorder
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recorder
  1. reporter
  2. bookkeeper
  3. archivist
  4. secretary
  5. transcriptionist
  6. register
Noun
  • And that was in the opening statement — before any reporters asked a question.
    — Jesse Newell, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Associated Press reporter Meg Kinnard in Columbia, South Carolina, also contributed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of reporter
Noun
  • Anything that stretches from a solo bookkeeper to a 499-person manufacturer is a bucket rather than a customer.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • His daughter Courtney Martin, using the last name Schneider, collected nearly $11,000 in that same period in bookkeeper fees, case manager salary and supplies.
    — Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
Definition of bookkeeper
Noun
  • Before archivists can preserve a record, the record must survive long enough to make it into their hands.
    — Steven Melendez, Scientific American, 2 July 2026
  • Inside the company's archives, corporate archivist Virginia Angles preserves more than 120 years of Kellogg history, including some of the marketing ideas that helped make the brand a household name.
    — Rachelle Graham, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Definition of archivist
Noun
  • If the extension isn't granted, that doesn't mean the nearly 207,000 low-income, working-age Arkansans covered by Medicaid expansion would lose coverage altogether, according to department secretary Janet Mann.
    — Nathan Ansell, Arkansas Online, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The carrier was expected to replace the Lincoln, which the acting navy secretary, Hung Cao, said last week would be returning home soon.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of secretary
Noun
  • The key role of a transcriptionist who pieces together Marcelo’s story in the present day, for example, went to an actor who simply wowed Domingues and Filho with her audition.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025
  • With many shrugging off such transcriptionists inside the office, etiquette around recording outside the office is fraying.
    — Iain Martin, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Definition of transcriptionist
Noun
  • Reynolds sees the same versatility play out across a single day, from denim and sneakers in the morning to a black cocktail dress by evening, the necklace adjusting its register without ever losing its polish.
    — Pooja Mistry, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The generator was only able to keep a floodlight on, the register running, and one refrigerator cool.
    — Lauren Victory, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of register

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“Recorder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recorder. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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