PRINTED MATTERS Synonyms: 29 Similar Words

printed matters

noun

plural of printed matter

as in postal cards

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Noun

Conrad apparently didn’t know about the fevered 1952 letters to Breit.

— Stephen Bates, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
The exhibition draws largely from the museum’s collection of photographs, film, period newspapers, letters and personal accounts to reconstruct the storm and what happened to Miami afterward.

— Miguel Sirgado, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of letters

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Though postponed, the 73-year-old musician knew the band’s messages would land with as much timeliness as ever.

— Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
The bulk of the population actually engages in a rather high volume of daily digital reading--captions, emails, text and chat messages, news feeds, search results, etc.

— Dana Kelley, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of messages

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Owning the Discover payment network allows the company to collect more of the fees merchants pay when customers use their cards — like American Express , which issues cards and owns its payment network.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
His order included several one-of-one cards, printed in a single copy and serial-numbered to prove it, along with a Barry Sanders autograph numbered three of five and a LeBron James card that was cut wrong at the factory.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of cards

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The main theme of the letters over time emphasizes long-term value creation, but the epistles have drawn criticism from the political left and right.

— byDebbie Carlson, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Mar. 2026
While hunkered down in the trenches of World War I, a Greek scholar translated some of Paul’s epistles.

— Robin Hoagland, Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2025

Definition of epistles

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Ada Scott, an elderly reporter who was close to retirement, regularly wrote glowing dispatches about Puente in the 1960s for The East Yolo Record, a newspaper that operated in what is now West Sacramento.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026
In the spirit of snacking, here are bite-sized dispatches from some of the Vogue team’s favorite foods at fashion week.

— Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of dispatches

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