The kind to use a machine to write (4)

I believe the answer is:

type

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'write' is the definition.
(I know that type is a more specific form of the action write)

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(Other definitions for type that I've seen before include "Sort, kind" , "of a certain kind" , "Class, kind or category" , "Use keys" , "Kind; set in print" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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