pressing
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"I think at some stage we need to open the communication channels because, you know, you can't have a conversation if you're pressing the mute button," but "so far there's no timeline for it".
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
And he argued that there were "more pressing issues" that the Scottish people wanted politicians to focus on.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
He said losing competent colleagues was a problem at a time when a lack of qualified staff was more pressing than a lack of funds.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
But whatever view the chief justice had about the prudence of Ohio’s pressing forward, he was steadfast in his belief that the court’s task was to decide the issues parties presented.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
I looked up from my pressing and began to listen.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
More important, she had recorded exclusively for the early Paramount label, notorious for its poor recording quality and worse shellac pressings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Today, some of those original pressings go for thousands of dollars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025
When Swift drops an album, there are upward of five different vinyl pressings, all in their own color variant, with edition-specific bonus tracks and other exclusives—and all costing $30-plus each.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2024
The first impression copy is one of only 1,500 original pressings of the fantasy novel - that went on to spawn Tolkien's universe of Middle-Earth .
From BBC ● May 20, 2024
About the pressings he'd made since he was little, and the cuttings he collected.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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