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to arrange or assign according to type
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Recent Examples of typing
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.
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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
Be Quiet's proprietary silent switches deliver brand-consistent whispery keystrokes while maintaining a pleasant level of resistance to make typing feel satisfying.
—Aubrey Jowers, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
Instead, go directly to the official website by typing the address yourself.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Many filers make mistakes on items that might seem obvious, like typing in your Social Security number correctly.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
The brand's latest offering is a more premium phone for typing enthusiasts.
—New Atlas, 28 Mar. 2026
Imagine having to read the handwriting of young people so used to typing on devices.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 19 Mar. 2026
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
Be Quiet's proprietary silent switches deliver brand-consistent whispery keystrokes while maintaining a pleasant level of resistance to make typing feel satisfying.
—Aubrey Jowers, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
Instead, go directly to the official website by typing the address yourself.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Many filers make mistakes on items that might seem obvious, like typing in your Social Security number correctly.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
The brand's latest offering is a more premium phone for typing enthusiasts.
—New Atlas, 28 Mar. 2026
Imagine having to read the handwriting of young people so used to typing on devices.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for typing
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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
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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
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Back in the day, only high ranking officers could ascend the staircase.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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The Tigers finished 14th in the SEC standings, but analytically showed strength in key offensive categories, ranking first in the conference and 17th nationally in free throw percentage, while also placing top five in the SEC in both 3-pointers attempted and 3-point percentage.—
Aaron Segal,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
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This might look like picking up items out of place, wiping down surfaces, tending to papers, folding blankets, and grouping like items.—
Wendy Rose Gould,
Martha Stewart,
30 Mar. 2026
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Embrace a design strategy that focuses on grouping plants in drifts or mass plantings.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Mar. 2026
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The criterion of self-consciousness, meanwhile, is of no use for the practical task of distinguishing between human and nonhuman digital activity.—
Andrey Mir,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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Per Alström, a researcher involved in the study, described the challenge of distinguishing the two species by conventional means.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 2026
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Much of the in-game day, which lasts at most 15 minutes, is spent pinging between attending to the growing line of customers, sorting the video returns piling up on the counter, and answering the busy office phone.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2026
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Robots gain dexterity Robotic manipulation has advanced rapidly with Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models, enabling machines to handle everyday tasks like sorting laundry or picking up objects.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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What more could Long Rife have accomplished in a world that has pushed women’s basketball to the front, instead of relegating it to a sideshow?—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The polarizing Le Pen qualified for the second-round runoff against Chirac, the incumbent and first-round winner, by a whisker, relegating Jospin to third place.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
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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
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Insurance wildfire models are starting to play the role of the grading scale, and policies such as Zone Zero, the national building codes.—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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This can include help to contact creditors, placing fraud alerts, disputing unauthorized accounts and preparing documentation to recover your identity.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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Phone records show that Epstein was placing calls to two phone numbers listed in Mottola’s email signature — an office and personal line — during that time period.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Typing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/typing. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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