typing

Definition of typingnext
present participle of type

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of typing By the end of the day, even simple tasks like typing became difficult. Ted Scouten, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026 In reality, this technology's benefits would extend far beyond providing mere typing speed parity. Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026 Speech recognition is significantly faster, nearly three times as fast as typing. Marc Augustin, STAT, 16 Apr. 2026 The keyboard has retro-style round and raised keypads to make typing with long nails easier. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026 She’s hunched over her computer, typing away furiously, the echo of her keystrokes bouncing around the compact space. Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026 Exposure Is Not Enough In the Reddit thread, commenters pointed to a decline in typing proficiency and basic troubleshooting skills as evidence that something has changed. Darlin Tillery, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026 Once each semester, Grit Matthias Phelps, a German language instructor at Cornell University, introduces her students to the raw feeling of typing without online assistance. ABC News, 31 Mar. 2026 Previously, a workflow involved understanding a business need, drafting high-level and low-level designs, and then typing out every single line of code. Mohith Shrivastava, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for typing
Verb
  • Whether the law survives looming legal challenges—rooted in a 1933 state Supreme Court ruling classifying income as property—remains an open question.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • By classifying sports betting as a public health issue and imposing rigid federal standards, the proposal also significantly limits the autonomy of the states, which have been primarily responsible for the legalization and regulation of this sector since 2018.
    Cláudia Nunes, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Alejandro Boyco, a researcher at the Institute of Peruvian Studies, said the Senate will appoint and sanction high-ranking officials, including the country’s ombudsman, Constitutional Court members and some central bank directors.
    Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Engel served as ranking member and chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in the final years of his tenure.
    Mark Prussin, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Don't keep the soil soggy, and give the grouping shade from afternoon sun.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Consider grouping similar items together when organizing kitchen tools or decor.
    Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In discussions of people like Michael Jackson, some defenders insist on distinguishing between the artist and the art, but a bio-pic is necessarily about both.
    Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The piece contends that mainstream news outlets maintain legitimate standards requiring verification of allegations before publication, distinguishing serious journalism from gossip trafficking by political rivals.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • That means an outside entity—known as Maxwell’s demon—could theoretically herd those molecules from one object to another preferentially, sorting the faster-moving molecules back to the hot object and the cooler ones to the cold object.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2026
  • As McCarrell opened the door to Trinity’s archives on the library’s second floor Wednesday, the difficulty of sorting nearly 70 years worth of history over the course of six months immediately became clear.
    Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In fairness to Wyle, going all in on a night-shift season would turn The Pitt into an entirely different show, and relegating it to a spinoff would probably mean getting less night shift on The Pitt proper and no one wants that.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Boomer Esiason, the 1988 NFL MVP, was traded from the Cincinnati Bengals to the Jets in 1993, relegating Nagle to a reserve role.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Fueled on coffee and with breaks for lunch and dinner, the two men signed more than 15,000, maybe even upwards of 20,000 comics, in a span of four days under the watchful eyes of reps for a signing and grading company charged with handling the comics.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2026
  • In May, Cunningham will revamp Atlanta’s current prospect grading scale to one more like what the Chicago Bears used during his three years there as assistant general manager.
    Josh Kendall, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Waldorf Astoria Shanghai Qiantan faces Youcheng Park and connects directly to the waterfront promenade, placing it squarely within the city’s fast-evolving riverfront.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The friend is just placing a call, which your wife can either ignore or ask to be voice-only.
    Judith Martin, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026

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“Typing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/typing. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.

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