re·print
ˈrē-ˌprint 
(ˌ)rē-ˈprint
: a reproduction of printed matter: such as
a
: a subsequent printing of a book already published that preserves the identical text of the previous printing
b
: offprint
c
: matter (such as an article) that has appeared in print before
Examples of reprint in a Sentence
Verb
She gave permission to reprint her article.
Noun
The novel is already on its fifth reprint.
The publisher does reprints of books written in the early 1900s.
This is a reprint of an article that was originally published in the New York Times.
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Kate Bradshaw, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
What To Know The alert says that on July 17, 2025, during an FDA investigation, it was discovered that the label failed to note the egg allergen on a reprint.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
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Verb
No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
—Kate Bradshaw, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
Grey’s son, Loren Grey, restored his father’s original ending in the novel’s 1982 Pocket Books reprint, but the vanishing mythos remains intact, with the last of the tribe wistfully following Curtis’s Navajo into the temporal graveyard of the past.
—Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
What To Know The alert says that on July 17, 2025, during an FDA investigation, it was discovered that the label failed to note the egg allergen on a reprint.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for reprint
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“Reprint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reprint. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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reprint
2 of 2 noun
re·print
ˈrē-ˌprint
1
: a new or additional printing without change in the text
2
: a separately printed piece of writing
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