Definitions

printing press

NOUN

machine for printing

Synonyms

WEAK

press presswork printing machine printing works

Example Sentences

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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

He funded trade unionist Makhan Singh’s printing press, which churned out pro-independence leaflets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 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

Soon after, the Post-Gazette announced it was closing its printing press.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 13, 2025

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