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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
  • Elon Musk famously said in 2017 that the Model Y would cut that to 100 meters — a target that never became reality in the production vehicle.
    — Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Johar’s Dharmatic Entertainment took over production from SOL India for Season 7, which launched that July.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • And Swarthmore College stopped publishing letter grades for first-semester students on transcripts in the 1970s.
    — Dan Simmons, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Highlights Press, the book publishing program of Highlights for Children, is now a top-20 children’s publisher and routinely publishes activity books, craft books and learning workbooks.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 29 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
  • Her work has appeared in outlets like Travel + Leisure, Forbes, Yahoo Travel, and Punch, and has been syndicated to more than 300 digital and print publications via the Associated Press wires.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The outlet, citing the student publication Amirkabir, reported that Basij members attempted to disrupt the gathering and threatened students.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

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“Printing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/printing. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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