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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
This is where Pau Tiu, 32, has spent the week designing and printing posters, in support of rising Filipino tennis star Alex Eala. — Rebecca Tauber, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 There are also features such as scanning, copying, and two-sided auto printing that give the printer more functionality outside of just printing. — George Yang, PC Magazine, 27 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 30 Sep. 2026.

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