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camera-ready

American  
[kam-er-uh-red-ee, kam-ruh-] / ˈkæm ər əˈrɛd i, ˈkæm rə- /

adjective

Printing.
  1. (of text or illustrations) ready to be photographed.


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While private-equity firms typically hold investments for much longer periods, the team felt the business was already close to camera-ready when the firm bought it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

But the Guardian's Mangan disagreed, saying audience participation "should have been outlawed generations ago. We are not a camera-ready nation and we never will be".

From BBC Mar. 14, 2026

Lauri was really good about taking the finished picture, and then we’d go back in and make the set camera-ready.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 22, 2025

Lara Trump has been a key member of her father-in-law’s political orbit for years, emerging from relative obscurity to become a steadfast and camera-ready advocate for the businessman-turned politician.

From Seattle Times Feb. 13, 2024

“All that work, down the drain. I’m not blaming you, Katniss. It’s just that very few people are born with camera-ready faces. Like him.”

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

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