reprint
Americannoun
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a reproduction in print of any matter already published; offprint
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a reissue of a printed work using the same type, plates, etc, as the original
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Origin of reprint
Explanation
To reprint something is to publish it again, or issue it in a new form. When a book is a best seller, its publisher will reprint thousands, or even millions, of copies. Sometimes books go out of print for a long time before a publisher reprints them, and in other cases they are continuously popular enough that a publishing company will reprint them constantly. You can call a newer printed edition of a book or magazine article a reprint, too. Reprint adds the "again" prefix re-, to print, from the Old French preinte, "impression."
Example Sentences
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A reprint wouldn’t have any of that history.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026
Publishers energetically reprint the interwar backlist; film producers confidently invest in adaptations and pastiches; and genre authors such as Anthony Horowitz and Ruth Ware combine traditional conventions with contemporary sensibilities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
I wish I could simply reprint those pages here — they moved me deeply.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025
It was a considerable expense for counties to reprint ballots.
From Slate • Sep. 20, 2024
She’d begged Mia to take another round, or to reprint the series, but Mia had refused.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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