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printout

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[print-out] / ˈprɪntˌaʊt /
Or print-out

noun

Computers.
printouts plural
  1. output produced by a printer, generally on continuous sheets of paper.


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Etymology

Origin of printout

First recorded in 1950–55; noun use of verb phrase print out

Example Sentences

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I couldn’t get directions since Google Maps wouldn’t load—and I didn’t have my MapQuest printout because it wasn’t 2002.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Trump’s post Thursday appeared to be a photograph of a printout, which was labeled “Council of Economic Advisers.”

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

During the chorus of their 1988 music video for “A Little Respect,” composer Vince Clarke hands vocalist Andy Bell a tiny printout of the word “RESPECT.”

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2025

The printout I bring to the Getty contains references to houses, nodes and aspect patterns that mean nothing to me, but Garfield makes quick work of interpreting the language.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024

According to a printout in Cradle’s office, he was the block’s longest-term keeplock, having spent the past seventeen months in his cell, with three more to go, a sentence within a sentence.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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