Etymology
Origin of preprint
Example Sentences
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“The customer was just providing details when her husband came forward and grabbed the mobile phone started argument and cut the call,” a worker had scrawled in looped letters on a preprinted form.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
“Stoppard’s new play can’t be hung with one of those preprinted tags that theater critics carry in their pockets for easy labeling,” he wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2025
In an online Q&A, the foundation acknowledges that many of its grantees will still want to ultimately publish preprinted manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals because tenure and promotion reviews require it.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 1, 2024
But unlike the equinox, the end of the war isn’t preprinted on any calendar.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024
His best friend, Akimi, on the other hand, passed out preprinted signature cards.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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