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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
Paddock Publications fired up the presses at the $50 million printing plant on 21 acres by the Elgin-O’Hare Expressway in 2003 to churn out its flagship Daily Herald. Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026 Last year, investigators arrested three men after finding a 3-D printing workshop for guns in the Yuba County town of Linda, just south of Marysville, according to previous Bee reporting. Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
But the logic of those businesses was at least grounded in existing markets (not to mention often subsidized by money-printing companies that could stomach the losses). Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026 That didn’t stop the paper, however, from printing them all. Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for printing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for printing
Noun
  • Demonstrating biological signal production in situ.
    Big Think, Big Think, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Those videos, especially in the case of Alex Pretti’s shooting, drowned out both the slop and slick government productions.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The emails show how easily some digital media figures and companies were taken advantage of; publications that were publishing hundreds of articles a day hardly blinked when a positive article about a financier showed up, or a serious-sounding foundation official asked for an image tweak.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Feb. 2026
  • An editor verified the accuracy of the information before publishing.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • What to Do Mérida, which was founded by Spanish conquistadors in 1540, became wildly wealthy in the 19th century thanks to the manufacture and export of sisal fiber, used for rope and textiles.
    April Long, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
  • On both steamer models, the manufacture date (date code) is located on a label on the bottom of the product in YYMM format.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
    Steve Straessle, Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
  • First, the publication appears to have fired its audience without acquiring a new one.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 9 Feb. 2026

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“Printing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/printing. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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