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printout

[print-aut] / ˈprɪntˌaʊt /
NOUN
hard copy
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I couldn’t get directions since Google Maps wouldn’t load—and I didn’t have my MapQuest printout because it wasn’t 2002.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

Trump’s post Thursday appeared to be a photograph of a printout, which was labeled “Council of Economic Advisers.”

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

“But I can appreciate what you’re saying,” he continued, before handing me a printout of an article titled “Slowing Down as the World Speeds Up.”

From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2025

The printout I bring to the Getty contains references to houses, nodes and aspect patterns that mean nothing to me, but Garfield makes quick work of interpreting the language.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2024

Nancy stuffed the printout of Deirdre's photo back into her pocket.

From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene

Maxwell had access to a digital legal database, but he sometimes relied on acquaintances outside prison to look up cases or articles and send him physical printouts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

ICE agents often have printouts with names and pictures of petitioners they want to detain, but they are consistently unable to accurately match them with names on the court dockets.

From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2025

Accredited witnesses are handed a copy and paper printouts of the tallies are also transported to the CNE by the military.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2024

According to court filings, the city responded to the discovery request for the documents by converting printouts of the original Microsoft Word documents into PDFs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024

Only when he got to the two computer printouts did he begin to feel better.

From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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