printing

noun print·ing \ ˈprin-tiŋ \

|Updated on: 16 Jun 2018

Examples: printing in a Sentence

Definition of printing

1 : the act or product of one that prints

2 : reproduction in printed form

3 : the art, practice, or business of a printer

4 : impression 4c

5 printings plural : paper to be printed on

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Examples of printing in a Sentence

The book is already in its second printing, and a third printing is scheduled for later this year.
The book has had two printings of 100,000 copies each.
Her printing is very neat.

Recent Examples of printing from the Web

Her novel, The Sorry Tale, was a bestseller with four printings.

— joy lanzendorfer, Longreads, "Ghost Writer: The Story of Patience Worth, the Posthumous Author," 14 June 2018
As a unique industry where the entire 'product' changes 100% at least once every 24 hours for 365 days, adapting to change was a core DNA element at least on the newsroom creation/printing/distribution side.

— claire atkinson, NBC News, "Who murdered the newspaper business?," 12 June 2018
The show represents a wide array of styles, including painting, photography, batik, and Japanese wood block printing.

— Courant Community, "Community News For The Valley Edition," 12 June 2018
The one mill in Longview, Wash., employs about 250 people, compared with more than 600,000 newspaper publishing and commercial printing jobs at various locations across the United States, according to The Globe and Mail.

— erin arvedlund, Philly.com, "Trump's commerce department put a tariff on Canadian paper that jacked up all U.S. newsprint prices," 11 June 2018
Kuzmenko is part of a nonprofit organization called Dog Patrol, which is raising funds to build a nongovernmental animal shelter in an old printing press warehouse on the outskirts of Rostov.

— sabra ayres, latimes.com, "To prepare for soccer's World Cup, Russia is killing stray dogs. Animal-rights activists are fighting back," 6 June 2018
Virgin Orbit is investing in advanced 3D printing machines to produce its Newton engines and to bring their production time down from 10 months to just a few months.

— eric berger, Ars Technica, "With a simple and cheap rocket, Virgin Orbit aims for the extraordinary," 4 June 2018
In 2012, Wilson set up a nonprofit called Defense Distributed, which posted online instructions for 3D-printing weapons.

— susan waltz, Washington Post, "The Trump administration wants to make it easier to sell U.S. guns abroad. Here’s what you need to know.," 4 June 2018
So after inventory on the first and only print run is depleted, there will be no additional printings.

— laura hudson, The Verge, "Netflix shares a trailer for its first comic book," 30 May 2018

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