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power press

American  

noun

  1. a press operated by a mechanical, hydraulic, or pneumatic device.


Etymology

Origin of power press

First recorded in 1835–45

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Gerry McCann told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that more than a year on from Labour coming into power, "press regulation is no longer a priority".

From BBC Dec. 10, 2025

President Abraham Lincoln had to deal with the locomotive, power press and the telegraph’s increase of information flow.

From US News Sep. 1, 2014

Agency spokesman Peter Melton said investigators found a hydraulic power press did not have a proper stop control.

From Time Nov. 14, 2013

The telegraph and the power press and the mass-circulating newspaper brought the same information and the same images to people thousands of miles apart.

From Time Magazine Archive

Blades stamped out with a power press, welded to tubular steel handles.

From Naudsonce by Piper, H. Beam

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