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printing press

NOUN
machine for printing
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Then he turned for emphasis to the fonts available on the printing press of his day.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026

The same thing happened when assembly lines reshaped manufacturing, when robotics entered the factory floor, when computers displaced typewriters, and when the internet placed a printing press on every desk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

Much of the concern surrounding AI slop is overwrought, as low-quality mass-produced content has consistently accompanied technological innovation throughout history, from the printing press to Grub Street publications in the 1700s.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Generative AI represents "the largest transformation in the information ecosystem since the printing press," consultant David Caswell told AFP.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

Shakespeare is not aware of living in a distinctly ‘modern’ world, despite the compass, the printing press, gunpowder and the discovery of America.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton



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