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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
Unlike a conventional inkjet printer, aerosol jet printing turns liquid ink into a fine mist. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026 Florey also argued that the County Board cannot interfere with how the clerk secures services or dictate if a particular service, such as printing of ballots, must be bid out. — Alicia Fabbre, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
By the 1960s innovations in silk screen printing, a process of image transfer that has its origins in historic block printing from China and Japan, made slogan-spreading all the easier. — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Street & Smith’s was the originator, printing its first preview yearbook in 1940, but as the sport exploded, so did the market. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for printing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for printing
Noun
  • Film and television are some of the most important exports of the country, and everybody’s stealing production from us.
    — Lane Brown, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The start of cell trials comes after an earlier target for production.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The Associated Press also joined a group of organizations that refrained from publishing photos of the president Monday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • After the design work is completed, the furniture installed, and the happy homeowners settled, publishing a project in AD can help attract the kind of attention that leads to new work.
    — Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 22 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Centric Software said in a statement that Staud has already gone live with Centric PLM, a product lifecycle management platform which optimizes product execution from ideation to development, sourcing and manufacture.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • They are generated as byproducts during the manufacture of californium-252 (Cf-252).
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Kiki’s travel features have appeared in a number of print and online publications, including The Guardian, The Independent, Metro UK and Lonely Planet, among others.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The studies with these conclusions have not held up over time and may be victims of publication bias.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 22 Sep. 2026

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“Printing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/printing. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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