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printing

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verb

present participle of print
as in publishing
to produce and release for distribution in printed form the newspaper's motto remains "All the News That's Fit to Print"

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Recent Examples of printing
Noun
Then applicants came swarming in before catalogs were ready, and adding to the mid-summer madness, Mid-Florida Tech’s presses broke down, delaying catalog printing another week. Roger Simmons, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2026 Specialized districts, from meatpacking to printing, didn’t disappear because demand vanished. Parin Moradiya, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
The team is working on 3D-printing systems that use lunar or Martian soil to build structures directly on site. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Jan. 2026 Flying a single type of aircraft, turning planes around in a matter of minutes, and not spending money printing boarding passes all kept costs low and operations simple. Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for printing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for printing
Noun
  • EngineAI confirmed that its production models are powered by NVIDIA Jetson Thor, providing up to 2000 TOPS of AI compute, along with a 360-degree LiDAR perception system.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Reliability, flexibility, and fast, on time delivery guide development, with specifications tailored to local markets and customers, from last mile hubs and national distribution to cold storage, production facilities, and data centres.
    CBS News, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • On Wednesday, San Diego County Public Health Services launched its own wastewater infectious disease surveillance system, publishing weekly data on SARS-CoV-2, influenza A and B and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, with plans to expand to M-pox, hepatitis A and measles in the near future.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
  • At 35, Emily Henry has become the kind of publishing juggernaut most writers only dream of.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Neither assurance of German manufacture nor of superior sound quality sufficed to get the bills back into the salesman’s palm.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
  • In a separate felony case, Boley is charged with the unlawful manufacture of a destructive device, court filings show.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
    John Brummett, Arkansas Online, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Partners have no control over or input into the reporting or editing process and do not review stories before publication.
    Data Skrive, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026

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“Printing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/printing. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.

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