screen-printing
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of screen-printing
First recorded in 1930–40; (silk)screen ( def. ) + printing
Example Sentences
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While her partner had recently started a screen-printing business, his income was inconsistent.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
He had flirted with the idea of buying a franchise for years, but a local opportunity caught his and his girlfriend’s eye: a 30-year-old screen-printing and embroidery shop that had been battered by the pandemic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
He spent hours one recent Saturday, as he often does, in the center’s screen-printing studio, adorning T-shirts with images of Hussle and Kobe Bryant, the late Lakers star.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2022
Their T-shirt and screen-printing business narrowly weathered that storm but is now feeling the pinch again as the cost of materials skyrockets and customers look to keep their own bank accounts from being drained.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2022
Pioneering Washington printmaker Lou Stovall knows as well as anyone that screen-printing is often used for such purely functional endeavors as poster and sign-making.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2022
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