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In printed or published form, as in You can find this information in print. This usage dates from the late 1400s, almost from the time of the first printing press.

Offered for sale by a publisher, as in The library has a list of all the books in print. The antonym for this usage is out of print, describing material no longer offered for sale by a publisher, as in Most of his books are out of print. [Late 1800s]

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Words nearby in print

in practice, in praesenti, In Praise of Folly, in principio, in principle, in print, in private, in progress, in proportion, in propria persona, in public

How to use in print in a sentence

They took cover inside a print works to the north east of Paris, where they held a member of staff as a hostage.
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It also required that ads print a disclaimer if they digitally altered the models.
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This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.
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Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.
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Earl Spencer adds, “Effectively, my great-grandfather sold his children to his father-in-law.”
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This new nexus of print has grown up in the lifetime of four or five generations, and it is undergoing constant changes.
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Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!
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The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.
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So far Murat had always held subordinate commands; his great ambition was to become the commander-in-chief of an independent army.
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Their jurisdictions overlapped and the Gascon would play second fiddle to no one save to his great brother-in-law.
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