printing press

noun

: a machine that produces printed copies

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In work like Robot Stories Around Solar Panels(2025), Ikezoe shows us robots moving and making Botticelli-esque paintings starring a robo-Venus, and then manning a printing press and arranging solar panels. Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 May 2026 Books were produced collaboratively; writers sent off handwritten manuscripts to printers, who transposed them onto a printing press before setting them to paper. Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026 The printing press did not make words less valuable. Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026 The printing press expanded literacy. Bruce Broussard, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for printing press

Word History

First Known Use

1578, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of printing press was in 1578

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“Printing press.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/printing%20press. Accessed 29 May. 2026.

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printing press

noun
: a machine that produces printed copies

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