recorder

noun

Definition of recordernext
as in reporter

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Recent Examples of recorder The complaint shows that Christopher Wright, the county’s recorder of deeds, forwarded the agreement to Fricker. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026 Event data recorder downloads sometimes capture belt status and pretensioner activity, at least when the module survived and the data was obtained lawfully. — Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026 But four seconds later the throttles were pulled back to idle, and the recorder caught sounds similar to the plane departing the paved runway surface. — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026 The PiLY is a screen-less wearable wristband that tracks your health and fitness stats, and doubles as a voice recorder. — New Atlas, 10 Sep. 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
  • The Athletic, which eliminated its Sox beat writer position a few years ago, had three reporters at Game 3.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Local sports reporter Eric Bailey shared a video from the concert.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of reporter
Noun
  • The owner may have started with a bookkeeper, accounting software and a CPA handling taxes.
    — Loran Armstrong, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Shauntay Cunningham-Poole, 56, of Fort Lauderdale, has been a school district employee since 1995 and is currently the bookkeeper at McArthur High School, a spokesperson for the district said in an email Friday.
    — Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of bookkeeper
Noun
  • The report’s authors, Solana Chehtman and Sharon Mizota, surveyed more than 150 artists, family members, archivists, curators, and legacy professionals to create the eighty-page document.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Ridge Historical Society archivist George Brosnan looks through items in the collection as part of his work with the society.
    — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of archivist
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  • Perhaps a handful of judges would be confirmed, but Cabinet secretaries would face long slogs.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Defense secretary Pete Hegseth spoke to the Air Force cadets prior to attending the game.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of secretary
Noun
  • After starting a family, David Winans worked various nonmusical jobs, including as a car salesman and barber, and Delores Winans was a typist and medical transcriptionist.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of transcriptionist
Noun
  • When this change in resistance occurs, the sensor produces an electric signal, which the keyboard’s microcontroller registers as an input.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026
  • As part of Gilroy’s clever structure, Alex’s memories get jogged during different performing sessions, with different pieces of music, so that each flashback gets its own emotional register.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of register

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