copy machine

noun

: a machine that makes paper copies of printed pages, pictures, etc. : copier

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These spacecraft are smaller than those used in the past, each about the size of a copy machine, partly enabled by an ongoing miniaturization trend in the space industry. Christopher Carr, The Conversation, 13 Nov. 2025 To achieve this, each probe, about the size of a copy machine, carries an identical suite of instruments working in concert. Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 7 Nov. 2025 When Timothy Walsh walked into KPMG for the first time 33 years ago, he was handed a stack of loan files and sent straight to a copy machine. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025 As the Sons occupy a government building, Chris springs into action, saving a hostage while killing militant after militant with fists, a copy machine, and — in the most memorably violent use of a writing utensil in a DC Comics adaptation since The Dark Knight — two pencils in the ears. Scott Meslow, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025 The officers were chatting while Urban was using a copy machine nearby. Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 2 July 2025 Specifically, the county has had to borrow a copy machine from the library because the county could not pay a bill to a related company and several copy machines were repossessed. Eplunus Colvin, arkansasonline.com, 28 Jan. 2025 Your character uses an old computer and a kind of janky copy machine. Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024 Which becomes a new obstacle because how many people have access to a copy machine? Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024

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“Copy machine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/copy%20machine. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.

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