Definition of photocopy
: a copy of usually printed material made with a process in which an image is formed by the action of light usually on an electrically charged surface
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Examples of photocopy in a Sentence
She made a photocopy of the letter.
Recent Examples of photocopy from the Web
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Every morning, one of my co-workers drops off a package to me that contains photocopies of policyholders’ checks and other documents like address update forms.
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Hotak and Hossein’s brothers, Nawid and Ziarmal, stood outside their shuttered shops with white envelopes in hand, stuffed with photocopies of pictures of their slain sibling.
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Ninety-one public school districts out of 584 have reduced the school week to four days, according to Bishop, and at some schools, teachers can only make 30 photocopies a week to provide materials to all their students.
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The news agency published a photocopy of two Brazilian passports reportedly used by Kim Jong-Un and his father, Kim Jong-Il, issued by the Brazilian embassy in Prague in 1996.
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The book’s translators, Jane Weizhen Pan and Martin Merz, worked off of photocopies of this manuscript.
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Both companies have struggled with slow sales of photocopy products, as businesses increasingly go paperless.
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Also, some letters that appear blurred on the authentic map, due to a smudge, were missing altogether on the Christie’s map, buttressing the photocopy theory.
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Sinarmas is one of Asia’s major conglomerates and its products touch consumers and businesses around the world, from photocopy paper, tissue and cigarette boxes to bottle labels, burger wrappers and noodle cups.
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Origin and Etymology of photocopy
International Scientific Vocabulary
Definition of photocopy
: to make a photocopy of
: to make a photocopy
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photocopier
nounRecent Examples of photocopy from the Web
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Xerox's roots lie in Chester Carlson's invention of xerography, a process that made photocopying on plain paper easier, faster and cheaper than previous methods.
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Pharmacists sidestepped their duties, Mr. Hembree argues, looking the other way when filling prescriptions that were obviously photocopied, written for suspicious quantities or refilled too soon.
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Think about how Daniel Ellsberg had to photocopy the Pentagon Papers in 1971, while Chelsea Manning downloaded 400,000 documents one day and another 91,000 a few days later.
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Burt photocopied a 1971 book of weather records by David Ludlum and set to work updating the numbers.
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Foster cat coordinator Samantha Burgin’s foster puppy has his paws photocopied as a promotion for an upcoming adoption event.
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In October 1969, a national security official named Daniel Ellsberg began secretly photocopying 7,000 classified Vietnam War documents.
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Handwritten court documents from prisoners acting as their own attorneys are normally photocopied and uploaded into the electronic case filing system known as PACER.
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Mr. Punyet photocopied the return address and wrote to him.
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First Known Use of photocopy
1924
PHOTOCOPY Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of photocopy for English Language Learners
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: a paper copy of a document, picture, etc., that is made with a special machine (called a copier or photocopier)
PHOTOCOPY Defined for Kids
Definition of photocopy for Students
: a copy of usually printed material made using a process in which an image is formed by the action of light on an electrically charged surface
Definition of photocopy for Students
photocopied;
photocopying
: to make a photocopy of
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photocopier
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