Examples of printing in a Sentence
The book is already in its second printing, and a third printing is scheduled for later this year.
The book has had two printings of 100,000 copies each.
Her printing is very neat.
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The materials are made from steel using additive manufacturing, a process better known as 3D printing.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
The first issue has sold over 175,000 copies over the course of multiple printings while the comic has sold over 5 million since launch, a rare feat in modern publishing — not just in the indie comics world but even for Marvel and DC books.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
By the 1920s, advances in photography and halftone printing, along with increasingly standardized curricula, had brought yearbooks to most high schools.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
In this age of discovery, new maritime technologies including the caravel, information tools like the printing press, and changes in the process of loaning money all helped contribute to an upswell of European traders looking for new markets to conquer by force.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
The first issue has sold over 175,000 copies over the course of multiple printings while the comic has sold over 5 million since launch, a rare feat in modern publishing — not just in the indie comics world but even for Marvel and DC books.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
By the 1920s, advances in photography and halftone printing, along with increasingly standardized curricula, had brought yearbooks to most high schools.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
In this age of discovery, new maritime technologies including the caravel, information tools like the printing press, and changes in the process of loaning money all helped contribute to an upswell of European traders looking for new markets to conquer by force.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Printing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/printing. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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printing
noun
print·ing
ˈprint-iŋ 
1
: the process of putting something in printed form
2
: the art or business of a printer
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