PRINTING PRESS Definition & Meaning

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printing press

noun

a machine, as a cylinder press or rotary press, for printing on paper or the like from type, plates, etc.

printing press

noun

any of various machines used for printing

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of printing press¹

First recorded in 1580–90

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The Post’s pressmen went on strike, destroying the paper’s printing presses and staging a massive picket line in which one sign taunted her with her husband’s suicide: “Phil shot the wrong Graham.”

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But to own a media outlet is to own more than its printing presses, web servers, or TV cameras.

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Yes, the printing press led to a surge of “misinformation.”

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Stores, dealing with long lines, are rapidly selling out, and printing presses have been working around the clock to produce more.

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The technology we are dealing with today is no longer “just a pen, or a printing press,” and “not just a car or a wheel.”

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