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Definition of printsnext
plural of print
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as in impressions
a perceptible trace left by pressure one telltale sign that I had been napping was the print left by the chenille bedspread on my cheek

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as in photos
a picture created from an image recorded on a light-sensitive surface by a camera we now get our prints developed online

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verb

present tense third-person singular of print
as in publishes
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 prints
Noun
Reservations are handled by phone, penciled into grids that Boyd prints each month. Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026 Skorts and dresses are designed for everything under the sun with prints and solids to mix and match for versatility. ABC News, 6 June 2026 Those were taken out of the story because of the vast colorways and prints available in the other picks in this list, but AD editors and I still stand behind the quality. Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 6 June 2026 Wall Street found much to cheer in those prints, but investors may be overlooking the notion that these tailwinds could take months to pay off, Gallo said. Samantha Subin, CNBC, 5 June 2026 Bold botanical prints are having a major moment right now, and at $27, this feels like a low-risk way to lean into the trend before committing to a bigger splurge. Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2026 The references were reinterpreted into prints and design elements that reflect heritage and innovation. Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 4 June 2026 Across shirting, slip skirts, and swimwear, the collection features prints of seashells, frog eggs, and fish scales photographed by Zoe herself. Laura Jackson, Vogue, 3 June 2026 All are gelatin-silver prints, a format that adds to the shock and the warmth of the flash lighting. Hilton Als, New Yorker, 30 May 2026
Verb
The fix is a lead magnet so useful your reader prints it and pins it up. Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 This is a company that prints more revenue every time the tape gets chaotic, and 2026 has given it plenty of chaos to work with. Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 11 May 2026 London’s Victoria and Albert Museum ceded to censorship requests issued by the Chinese firm that prints the institution’s exhibition catalogues, according to a new report from The Guardian, who unearthed the information via FOIA requests. News Desk, Artforum, 16 Apr. 2026 Few places symbolize the move from print to digital more than Akalla, a district of Stockholm where the ST01 data center sits at a site once occupied by the factory that prints Sweden main newspaper, Kaun says. Michael Weissenstein, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025 The chances of winning the top prizes are astronomically low because the company prints billions of game pieces but only releases a handful of key winning ones. Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025 His paternal grandma prints the flyers and helps get the word out, while his mom’s mom makes the costumes. Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 22 Oct. 2025 Specifically, the surprise that comes with developing every roll of film is one of the biggest perks of the process, according to Quigley, who prints her photos regularly at her local camera store. Liz Regalia, Parents, 20 Oct. 2025 Instead of invasive surgeries, patients might someday swallow a capsule that travels to the injury site and prints new tissue directly on it. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
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Noun
  • Companies with a track record of straight dealing tend to get more grace in difficult moments than those who’ve spent years optimizing for surface-level impressions.
    Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Despite pentatonic arpeggios that verge on city-pop impressions, the song skirts both the clichés that often come with control and the unraveling that can follow overextension.
    Raphael Helfand, Pitchfork, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • The hotel offers an exclusive excursion to the nearby home of the late master perfumer Serge Lutens, which is not open to the public and does not allow photos.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • These misshapen and withered figurines—a teddy bear with a candle and a turkey in pointed shoes—looked over at the photos from low plinths in one corner of the gallery.
    Theo Belci, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Verb
  • There’s no escaping the truth at the combine—the league measures these guys down to the quarter inch, and publishes the findings online for everyone to see.
    Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
  • Though Netflix ultimately publishes a data dump of all its viewership data across a six month span, its weekly lists inherently prop up Netflix’s (many) wins and hide its flops, even when Bloomberg not long ago reported that Netflix had one of its lowest viewing weeks ever recently.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • In the tale, an old, giant rhea ran so powerfully its steps left imprints in the sky, creating the constellation Choiols — known in the West as the Southern Cross.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
  • The others all had much more time to put their imprints on the team.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • After Monroe’s death, Arnold embargoed the vast majority of her photographs of the star, in the hopes of protecting her image from media exploitation.
    Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
  • Decades after Julian’s vanishing there, the band and various hangers-on recall eerie incidents both in and out of the house—rooms full of occult literature; pub full of haunting photographs—as well as the glimmering stranger circling the Orpheus-esque Julian.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • It will be issued as Forever stamps in a pane of 20.
    Finch Walker, USA Today, 28 May 2026
  • Her interactive digital work allows viewers to manipulate approval stamps and immigration imagery before receiving either acceptance or rejection on screen.
    Olga Garcia-Mayoral, Miami Herald, 19 May 2026
Noun
  • The young star posted several snapshots from the photoshoot on Instagram, prompting his mother to respond.
    Hannah Malach, InStyle, 2 June 2026
  • For movie stars, in particular, old films provide snapshots of their youth, old age, and everything in between.
    Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • Denise Richards told Allure all about her recent facelift and even shared the actual, clinical before-and-after pics.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 27 May 2026
  • The pair were spotted joyfully snapping photos of the graduate, and also made sure to take some individual pics with Deacon in his purple gown.
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 24 May 2026

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“Prints.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prints. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.

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