pressman

British

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Recent Examples of pressman But his father, Eugene, a pressman for the local paper, abandoned the family when Hackman was 13. Tom Gliatto, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025 Eugene Allen Hackman was born in San Bernardino, California, and grew up in Danville, Illinois, where his father worked as a pressman for the Commercial-News. Hillel Italie, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025 But his father, Eugene, a pressman for the local paper, abandoned the family when Hackman was 13. Tom Gliatto, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025 Alden Hackman was born Jan. 30, 1930, in San Bernardino, California, and grew up in Danville, Illinois, where his father worked as a pressman for the Commercial-News. Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2025 Jimmy Hughes was the pressman for several years and became production manager until retirement. arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024 Many were wearing old-school pressman’s hats made out of newspapers and custom T-shirts featuring the grim reaper marking the end of the printing plant itself. Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2024 His father was a pressman at a printing company, and money was tight. Alex Williams, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2022 Gary’s father was a Journal pressman and his grandfather arranged lead type in the Journal composing room. George Stanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressman
Noun
  • There is no law that says Adams has to call on a specific reporter.
    Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 22 June 2025
  • White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Thursday that Trump was expected to make a decision about whether to directly support Israel in its attacks against Iran within the next two weeks.
    Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • The recent suit filed in the Central District of California describes journalists being shot with less-lethal police rounds, tear-gassed and detained without cause.
    Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
  • The literary landscape is undergoing a seismic shift as authors of all stripes—from blockbuster bestsellers to indie darlings—migrate to Substack, the newsletter platform once dominated by journalists and political commentators.
    JD Barker, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • Though price rises in the US have so far been mild, inflation expectations — simply, the belief that prices may increase — are a worry, and often cause real-world inflation, The Wall Street Journal’s chief economics correspondent noted.
    Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 18 June 2025
  • Analysis by Manchester United correspondent Laurie Whitwell United have seen wholesale change since Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s investment into the club, but Cox is the most high-profile departure since the initial wave last year.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 18 June 2025

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“Pressman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressman. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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