printing press

noun

: a machine that produces printed copies

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From the printing press to typewriters to personal computers to the internet, technology has been instrumental in reshaping higher education over the past 500 years. Nick Ladany, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025 This has happened with each iteration of information technology from the printing press to radio and television. Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025 Human reviewers still refine idiom and theology, but the transformation in speed will be similar to the jump from quill to printing press. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025 Just as printers added names to their works after the advent of the printing press hundreds of years ago, media sources will similarly need to find a way to add their signatures to their authentic works. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for printing press

Word History

First Known Use

1578, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of printing press was in 1578

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“Printing press.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/printing%20press. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.

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printing press

noun
: a machine that produces printed copies

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