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noun Printing.

a system for aligning type so that all fonts of the same point size have a common baseline.

a design of type that provides room on the body for accommodation of descenders of all standard type of the same point size.

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Using standard methods, the cost of printing DNA could run upwards of a billion dollars or more, depending on the strand.
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The same Pediatrics journal notes that 17 states have some form of exception to the standard parental consent requirement.
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Christopher Nolan, Interstellar “My films are always held to a weirdly high standard,” Nolan told me.
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Completed in 1953 and composed with standard line breaks and punctuation, the book was completely ignored upon submission.
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These are dark times for network TV, but experiments like Galavant are the silver lining.
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And it would be hard indeed, if so remote a prince's notions of virtue and vice were to be offered as a standard for all mankind.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
The new creed, called the King's Book, approved by the houses of convocation, and made the standard of English orthodoxy.
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"It will go through, if I live," calmly replied Harry, as he carefully concealed the message in the lining of his coat.
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The news of these successes brought crowds of volunteers to our standard.
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As regards Great Britain, the gold standard is yet preserved for all practical purposes.
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