hard copy
noun
: a copy of textual or graphic information (as from microfilm or computer storage) produced on paper in normal size
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print a hard copy of the report
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Lavin bought hard copies of the AI knockoffs of her book, and wasn’t surprised to find that each was useless in its own way.
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
Keeping the posting itself is the gold standard for tracking online applications, whether that’s via hard copy, copy-and-paste, or a screen shot.
—Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2025
The company also bought some hard copy books and scanned them before ingesting them into its model.
—Chloe Veltman, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
One challenge is that data resides across multiple environments—cloud platforms, local servers and even hard copy file cabinets.
—Scott Francis, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
Keeping the posting itself is the gold standard for tracking online applications, whether that’s via hard copy, copy-and-paste, or a screen shot.
—Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2025
The company also bought some hard copy books and scanned them before ingesting them into its model.
—Chloe Veltman, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
One challenge is that data resides across multiple environments—cloud platforms, local servers and even hard copy file cabinets.
—Scott Francis, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hard copy
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“Hard copy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20copy. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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