typewriting 1 of 2

noun

Definition of typewritingnext
as in type

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typewriting

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verb

present participle of typewrite
as in typing

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Recent Examples of typewriting
Noun
Contests in commercial work will be conducted at the high school April 12, in beginning typewriting, advance typewriting and shorthand for schools in this district. — Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025 That's clearly not going to happen, though, because Jughead's not leaving Betty or his typewriting spot at Pop's. — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 16 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for typewriting
  1. typing
  2. printing
  3. rewriting
Verb
  • In the decades since touchscreen keyboards became universal, plenty still mourn the sublime experience of typing on clacky BlackBerrys.
    — Martin Cizmar, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Tech giants are preparing for a potential future in which people get things done by speaking or typing to AI agent rather than by operating apps and websites.
    — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of typing
Verb
  • Importantly, this isn't four nozzles printing simultaneously.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Microsoft, Google, Meta, Amazon, Anthropic, and SpaceX now all either compete at the technology’s frontier or are printing revenue from a key part of its supply chain.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of printing
Verb
  • The findings are rewriting how specialists think about one of the most common and most dismissed complaints in women’s health.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The activities bleed treacherously into each other—editing can involve rewriting, and writing, certainly in my case anyway, involves self-editing.
    — Lola Seaton, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
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“Typewriting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/typewriting. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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