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printing

[prin-ting] / ˈprɪn tɪŋ /
NOUN
a process of reproduction
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NOUN
printed matter
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San Diego County jumped into California’s sprawling ghost gun fight this week, suing a 3-D printing filament manufacturer it says hocks material for homespun firearms in violation of state law.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

Rhys Phillips, the Bank's incoming chief cashier who will be responsible for the roll-out of the new series of notes, said the process of designing, testing and printing banknotes could take years.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

There’s a 30-year-old printing press and machines added in the last two years to serve the burgeoning trading-card games business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The researchers point to possible applications in avalanches, landslides, materials science, and particle-filled inks used in 3D printing.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

And, thanks to an unfortunate headline in the latest printing of the county’s newspaper, Otto was not going to take it lying down.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

He’s “surprised” by the success that “Life at the Bottom” has had in several countries—particularly the Netherlands, where it has gone through 14 printings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

The Bible, one of the very first printings of the 1611 King James Bible, was bought by book dealer Simon Finch from Norfolk.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025

Emperor Shomu had encouraged the spread of Buddhism by ordering a temple to be built in every province and block printings of Buddhist scriptures to be disseminated to the general populace.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

But Griswold's edition went through 19 printings in the 15 years after Poe's death, and his stories and poems have been endlessly reprinted and translated ever since.

From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2023

That wouldn’t happen until February 1998, when it would hit the charts and stay there, through 48 printings and 2.5 million copies.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell


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