pre·print
ˈprē-ˌprint 
ˌprē-ˈprint
1
: an issue of a technical paper often in preliminary form before its publication in a journal
2
: something (such as an advertisement) printed before the rest of the publication in which it is to appear
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Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025
The study was posted Tuesday to the preprint server MedRxiv.
—Elizabeth Cohen, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
Julie Washington, cleveland, 18 Jan. 2022
Scientists are good at creating new ways of sharing information, from the World Wide Web to preprint servers like arXiv.
—Iulia Georgescu, Wired, 28 Sep. 2021
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Noun
Today the Google team began fulfilling that promise, releasing the first steps of its process in another preprint.
—Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025
The study was posted Tuesday to the preprint server MedRxiv.
—Elizabeth Cohen, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
The study was released to preprint recently and has not been peer reviewed.
—Julie Washington, cleveland, 18 Jan. 2022
Scientists are good at creating new ways of sharing information, from the World Wide Web to preprint servers like arXiv.
—Iulia Georgescu, Wired, 28 Sep. 2021
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“Preprint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preprint. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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