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as in impression
a perceptible trace left by pressure one telltale sign that I had been napping was the print left by the chenille bedspread on my cheek

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as in photo
a picture created from an image recorded on a light-sensitive surface by a camera we now get our prints developed online

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verb

as in to publish
to produce and release for distribution in printed form the newspaper's motto remains "All the News That's Fit to Print"

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Recent Examples of print
Noun
Winners are announced each Friday online and in the print edition of the Mercury News and East Bay Times sports sections. Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025 Here, a field guide to 10 of the new crop of fashion-leaning print magazines. Marisa Meltzer, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
Another, following a different set of rules, might read one number and print its square root. Charlie Wood, Wired News, 6 Apr. 2025 This excerpt from Yankees, Typewriters, Scandals, and Cooperstown: A Baseball Memoir by Bill Madden (On-sale: April 1, 2025) is printed with the permission of Triumph Books. Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for print
Recent Examples of Synonyms for print
Noun
  • Vogt, after some explaining, broke into an impression of a television character from a show famed for sending up things like convoluted job titles.
    Zack Meisel, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Yet Armstrong has made an instantaneous and significant impression.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Read Next Florida Alligator crawls into Florida home and settles in front of refrigerator, photos show April 08, 2024 7:44 AM This story was originally published March 28, 2025 at 8:50 AM.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Newsweek could not independently verify the photos' authenticity.
    Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Shortly after the news published, Deadline reported that the core group of Huvane, Baum, Halls and Gelb have formed a new firm called Apex Public Relations.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Source: National Interagency Fire Center This story was originally published April 9, 2025 at 9:34 AM.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The partnership comes about as a joint venture with Minnick’s The GLO imprint alongside the independent powerhouse label.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The saint's forehead also still retains the imprint of the saint's 16th-century Carmelite headdress.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • With few photographs, no clear family records, and little oral history preserved, DNA testing offers, albeit partial, answers to an individual's story.
    Abigail Dubiniecki, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Rick is enraged, and finds Jim happily taking a photograph with his wife, Sritala (Lek Patravadi), and the three galpals on vacation.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Milton spent nearly all of last season as the Patriots’ third-stringer but did impress in Week 18.
    Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
  • McIlroy and Morikawa impress but other big stars tumble World No. 2 McIlroy sits well within striking distance of a second Players title after shooting 68 to move to nine-under par.
    Jack Bantock, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The pic, directed by Barry Levinson from a script by Nicholas Pileggi, will also get some PLF showings.
    Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The pic is 74% fresh with RT Critics.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Betty White forever stamp is here When does 'Hacks' Season 4 come out?
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Speaking to Today about the stamp, Stephanos shared some of his creative decisions for the stamp.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025

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