typographical
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of typographical
1770–80; < New Latin typographicus, equivalent to Medieval Latin typograph(ia) typography + -icus -ic + -al 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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To find out how punctuation was invented in the first place, I spoke with Keith Houston, a Scottish software engineer and author of “Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols & Other Typographical Marks.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2022
“Wilkins’s choice of the ¡ seems most appropriate,” Keith Houston writes in his book “Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks.”
From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2020
At his first law firm, Sheehan & Harold, he represented locals of the International Typographical Union, the Printing Pressman and the Atomic Energy Workers.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2020
Flader rose to prominence in 1901 when he was elected president of the International Photo-Engravers Union of North America, which had just broken away from the then-powerful International Typographical Union.
From Salon • Jun. 29, 2012
Fortunately, the strike lasted only one day, as the local printers were at once reprimanded by the International Typographical Union.
From Business English A Practice Book by Buhlig, Rose
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