printing press
nounDefinition of printing press
: a machine that produces printed copies
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Ventimiglia is close with his own father, Peter, a businessman who once sold equipment to printing presses; The Times was one of his dad’s clients. — Los Angeles Times, "Is ‘The Art of Racing in the Rain’ Milo Ventimiglia’s George Clooney moment?," 9 Aug. 2019 Moller ends the journey with the introduction of the printing press to Europe by Johannes Gutenberg around 1450. — Rachel Newcomb, Washington Post, "During the Dark Ages, scholars in a few cities kept ancient knowledge alive," 20 June 2019 The monastery saw the return of Jewish life through prayer services, the observance of holidays and the printing of the first Talmud using the monastery’s printing press. — Emanuella Grinberg, Smithsonian, "When a Bavarian Monastery Provided a Home to Jewish Refugees," 11 July 2018 The printmaking industry found its heart in Chicago’s near South Side in the early 19th century after the invention of the printing press made books, magazines and newspapers popular commodities. — Morgan Smith, chicagotribune.com, "Spudnik Press Cooperative hosts first annual Chicago Print Crawl this Sunday," 22 June 2018 Or, communication: from the printing press to fax machines to smartphones. — Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, "Betsy DeVos goes to Switzerland and bashes U.S. public schools," 7 June 2018 As the scholar Rebecca Knuth explained to Smithsonian.com last year, the path to that moment in 1933 in some ways starts with the printing press and the subsequent spread of mass media. — Lily Rothman, Time, "The Real History Behind Book Burning and Fahrenheit 451," 18 May 2018 The visual star of the show was a Goss printing press painted a vibrant yellow. — Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, "Former newspaper building in Indiana, a modernist icon shaped in Chicago, will house architecture school," 4 May 2018 This theory holds that the printing press itself facilitated the intellectual culture that used it. — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, "Did Math Kill God?," 27 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'printing press.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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