Noun
He deleted all of my work with a single keystroke.
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Saving a few keystrokes doesn’t fix a broken system.—Fj Campbell, Fortune, 20 May 2026 The company's full-court press with AI included the recent debut of an employee tracking tool intended to collect data from staffers' actions, such as mouse movements and keystrokes on their work computers.—Jonathan Vanian,julia Boorstin, CNBC, 18 May 2026
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For example, Mindstrong was an early startup with an app that tracked taps, swipes, and keystrokes to identify digital biomarkers of cognitive function.—Gwendolyn Rak, IEEE Spectrum, 19 May 2024 Bernhardt’s report points to keystroke logging technology and webcams that can tell when a person goes off task as examples of tech that can keep track of people even when working from home.—Chase Difeliciantonio, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2021 See All Example Sentences for keystroke