How to Use shorthand in a Sentence

shorthand

noun
  • With essays, there’s a kind of shorthand to it.
    — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026
  • Traders coined it as shorthand for panic.
    — Joel Hron, Fortune, 19 May 2026
  • His name has become shorthand for rap as high art, fraught as that may be.
    — Paul Thompson, Vulture, 12 May 2022
  • That shorthand is harmful and wrong.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
  • At least Miguel was still using her shorthands.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
  • But it is also used as shorthand to avoid a good look in the mirror.
    — Tracy Lawrence, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • His shorthand is more concrete.
    — Maureen Kerr, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Over the years, the scene has become a shorthand for blowout losses.
    — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 8 May 2018
  • Make sure the shorthand in your reports matches that.
    — Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • When one talks of moving up the ranks, Wilcox’s name could be shorthand.
    — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 23 June 2017
  • Spro, barista shorthand for espresso, was a rare haven for coffee purists.
    — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 27 July 2021
  • Does the shorthand and trust the two of you have built up now enable you to take more risks on-screen?
    — Olivia-Anne Cleary, Variety, 28 July 2023
  • All of us have a very quick shorthand, and that’s really helped the process move along.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026
  • My mother was taught to type, to learn shorthand and to wear clothes that pleased her male bosses.
    — Deborah Levy, The Cut, 1 July 2018
  • There’s a shorthand to the writing, as though the lyrics were plucked from a private text thread.
    — Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Some place names are just words, while others act as a kind of shorthand for an entire way of life.
    — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Nature has become her shorthand for strength.
    — Lauryn Overhultz , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
  • There’s a way it gets turned into a symbol, a metaphor, a kind of shorthand for all of these things.
    — Sahar Delijani july 17, Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
  • If there’s such a thing as cultural shorthand, the South has it.
    — Southern Living, 1 May 2017
  • So important that they’re often used as shorthand for the whole damn thing.
    — Josh Lieb, The New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The term was shorthand for spending too much time online and letting your brain turn to mush.
    — Annabelle Canela, Parents, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The one could be seen as shorthand for the other — or perhaps something more.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • Matching sets and flashy suits are an easy, impactful shorthand for the queen bee.
    — Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Its hero has become shorthand, to the point of cliché, to describe any long slumber.
    — John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But in terms of mood, romance, and other such shorthands of wellness?
    — Lela London, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • The pair have their own shorthand, expressed through a concerned look, grimace or grin.
    — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Feb. 2021
  • Anyway, that shorthand is just to describe the archetype of a guy like that who’s a boy genius.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 10 Aug. 2021
  • The shorthand the two had with each other played a role in the comfortable, deep bounce of the song.
    — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2021
  • There's a shorthand, and to know one another that deeply to be both friends and siblings is so great.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2021
  • They’re stored more deeply, more securely, when put to paper, even in my brand of shorthand.
    — Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Dec. 2021

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