pre·print
ˈprē-ˌprint 
ˌprē-ˈprint
1
: an issue of a technical paper often in preliminary form before its publication in a journal
2
: something (such as an advertisement) printed before the rest of the publication in which it is to appear
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
This year, the prestigious funder began requiring its researchers to publish their work first as a preprint, which will be used to evaluate their requests for future funding.
—Anil Oza, STAT, 24 Apr. 2026
Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 26 Feb. 2026
The study was released to preprint recently and has not been peer reviewed.
—Julie Washington, cleveland, 18 Jan. 2022
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Noun
In a preprint study published in March on bioRxiv, a group of international researchers analyzed DNA traces from 1978 samples taken from the relic.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
This year, the prestigious funder began requiring its researchers to publish their work first as a preprint, which will be used to evaluate their requests for future funding.
—Anil Oza, STAT, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
In a paper published to preprint server ArXiv this week, researchers at King’s College London pit major AI models against each other in simulated war games.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 26 Feb. 2026
The study was released to preprint recently and has not been peer reviewed.
—Julie Washington, cleveland, 18 Jan. 2022
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“Preprint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preprint. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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