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pressing

[pres-ing] / ˈprɛs ɪŋ /


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He said campaigners and organisations, including Ripon City Council, would continue pressing for improvements.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Not that restaurant owners are becoming less generous, but that the economic forces pressing on them increasingly require them to show their work.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

“Water affordability is a pressing issue for low-income households.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel Monday to Iceland to continue pressing US interests in the Arctic, two weeks after Washington sealed a security pact on Greenland.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

A second later I was pressing the activation button on her cuffs.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

There have been 10 vinyl pressings of “Hey Arnold!” music tracks since 2020.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Sonically improved to levels never before achievable, and accompanied by a lavish and detailed 100-page book, the 5-CD, 118-track boxed set encompasses all of her released sides and a good many outtakes and test pressings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

When Swift drops an album, there are upward of five different vinyl pressings, all in their own color variant, with edition-specific bonus tracks and other exclusives—and all costing $30-plus each.

From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2024

The first impression copy is one of only 1,500 original pressings of the fantasy novel - that went on to spawn Tolkien's universe of Middle-Earth .

From BBC ● May 20, 2024

He smelled like cologne and wore an iron-gray three-piece suit, shiny from too many pressings; the gold chain of a pocket watch dangled from his vest.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini




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