power press
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of power press
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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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
Action: the King-Emperor approached a huge power press and thrust into it, with well simulated carelessness, not only an object to be pressed but also his right hand.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like the paper-making machine, the power press was conceived in the last decade of the eighteenth century, and like that art was also not developed until the nineteenth century.
From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry
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