Examples of copy machine in a Sentence
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Asking it to produce a fairer result than the historical data it was fed, is akin to asking a copy machine for an original and being surprised by, well, the copy.
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Aparna Rae,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
What once required an expensive printing press can now be done with a smartphone—paper, a pen, and a copy machine still work in a pinch too.
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Adrienne Lafrance,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
From the bureau chiefs to the guy who operated the copy machine, everyone kicked in a percentage of their salary to Hynes campaign.
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John O’Hara,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
In the garage, the agents found and seized a commercial copy machine, paper cutting equipment and a book binder.
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Emerson Clarridge
updated March 6,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Mar. 2026
These spacecraft are smaller than those used in the past, each about the size of a copy machine, partly enabled by an ongoing miniaturization trend in the space industry.
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Christopher Carr,
The Conversation,
13 Nov. 2025
To achieve this, each probe, about the size of a copy machine, carries an identical suite of instruments working in concert.
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Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
7 Nov. 2025
When Timothy Walsh walked into KPMG for the first time 33 years ago, he was handed a stack of loan files and sent straight to a copy machine.
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Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
As the Sons occupy a government building, Chris springs into action, saving a hostage while killing militant after militant with fists, a copy machine, and — in the most memorably violent use of a writing utensil in a DC Comics adaptation since The Dark Knight — two pencils in the ears.
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Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Aparna Rae,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
What once required an expensive printing press can now be done with a smartphone—paper, a pen, and a copy machine still work in a pinch too.
—
Adrienne Lafrance,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
From the bureau chiefs to the guy who operated the copy machine, everyone kicked in a percentage of their salary to Hynes campaign.
—
John O’Hara,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
In the garage, the agents found and seized a commercial copy machine, paper cutting equipment and a book binder.
—
Emerson Clarridge
updated March 6,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Mar. 2026
These spacecraft are smaller than those used in the past, each about the size of a copy machine, partly enabled by an ongoing miniaturization trend in the space industry.
—
Christopher Carr,
The Conversation,
13 Nov. 2025
To achieve this, each probe, about the size of a copy machine, carries an identical suite of instruments working in concert.
—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
7 Nov. 2025
When Timothy Walsh walked into KPMG for the first time 33 years ago, he was handed a stack of loan files and sent straight to a copy machine.
—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
As the Sons occupy a government building, Chris springs into action, saving a hostage while killing militant after militant with fists, a copy machine, and — in the most memorably violent use of a writing utensil in a DC Comics adaptation since The Dark Knight — two pencils in the ears.
—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Copy machine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/copy%20machine. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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