photostatic
- a word derived from photostat.
Example Sentences
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Instead, the FBI had broken into Communist Party headquarters and taken photostatic copies of their records, and the committee produced the documents without revealing their source.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2012
The most prominent works in his first major collage show, in 1964, were photostatic enlargements of collages — the Studio Museum owns one called “Conjur Woman” — rather than the real things.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2011
For example, Government reports establish facts, especially when they are read from photostatic copies, and when they are labeled "Do not Publish"; consequently, such revelations should be Hamiltonized by better designations than merely "blowing off."
From Time Magazine Archive
He presented photostatic copies of such of his income tax returns as the Bureau of Internal Revenue had not destroyed.
From Time Magazine Archive
And to an audience stilled with awe, he distributed certified photostatic copies of the obscure regulation on which he had uilt his unforgettable triumph.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
