printing press

NOUN

machine for printing

Synonyms

WEAK

press presswork printing machine printing works

Example Sentences

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Its Costa Mesa headquarters are located in the shell of a former printing press for the Los Angeles Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

The plasticity of digital information is superseding earlier modes of expression and expertise, as the printing press did the scribe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Generative AI represents "the largest transformation in the information ecosystem since the printing press," consultant David Caswell told AFP.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

Soon after, the Post-Gazette announced it was closing its printing press.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 13, 2025

In the evenings, after the factory shift was over, Comrade K. N. M. Pillai waylaid the workers of Paradise Pickles and shepherded them into his printing press.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy