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  • present participle of print.
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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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Aside from OpenAI and Anthropic, however, SemiAnalysis highlights one other company that is capable of printing such economics: Microsoft .

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

The timeline for 3-D printing a shoe is 1-3 days, which he said is a 75% reduction compared with ordering a prototype from an overseas factory.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Working with the University of Sheffield, the firm introduced 3D metal printing to make new product development a faster and less expensive process.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Alan Scott, Legacy Effects’ co-founder, said 3-D printing has become central to the company’s survival in an industry where budgets are tighter and deadlines are shorter.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

The printing press was the precondition for this new insistence that knowledge, no longer authoritative, might at last become reliable.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

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

The hospice said the editions of The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King were first editions, but not first printings.

From BBC Jan. 6, 2022

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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