Examples of pressman in a Sentence
the only pressman who was invited to Downing Street for an interview with the Prime Minister
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As print media companies introduced new technology into the workplace at that time, other craft workers, such as stereotypers, bookbinders, and pressmen organized, initially joining ITU.
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Errol Salamon, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Mar. 2026
That allowed Boise residents to crowd into the cabin as the two pressmen set type for the first edition of the Idaho Tri-Weekly Statesman.
—Idaho Statesman, 16 Dec. 2025
In the paper’s previous building, the newsroom was on the third floor, just above where the pressmen boiled lead in barrels.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2025
But his father, Eugene, a pressman for the local paper, abandoned the family when Hackman was 13.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Alden Hackman was born Jan. 30, 1930, in San Bernardino, California, and grew up in Danville, Illinois, where his father worked as a pressman for the Commercial-News.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2025
Eugene Allen Hackman was born in San Bernardino, California, and grew up in Danville, Illinois, where his father worked as a pressman for the Commercial-News.
—Hillel Italie, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
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Errol Salamon, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Mar. 2026
That allowed Boise residents to crowd into the cabin as the two pressmen set type for the first edition of the Idaho Tri-Weekly Statesman.
—Idaho Statesman, 16 Dec. 2025
In the paper’s previous building, the newsroom was on the third floor, just above where the pressmen boiled lead in barrels.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2025
But his father, Eugene, a pressman for the local paper, abandoned the family when Hackman was 13.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Alden Hackman was born Jan. 30, 1930, in San Bernardino, California, and grew up in Danville, Illinois, where his father worked as a pressman for the Commercial-News.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2025
Eugene Allen Hackman was born in San Bernardino, California, and grew up in Danville, Illinois, where his father worked as a pressman for the Commercial-News.
—Hillel Italie, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Pressman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pressman. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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