step-and-repeat

American

[step-uhn-ri-peet] / ˈstɛp ən rɪˈpit /

adjective

Printing.

noting or pertaining to a process by which successive photo-offset plates are produced automatically or semiautomatically with great precision: used especially in making plates for multicolor printing.

Example Sentences

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Most people don’t walk onto a step-and-repeat right after recovery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

A sharply dressed queue of people lined up for red-carpet photos in front of a step-and-repeat banner emblazoned with logos of corporate sponsors.

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2025

The step-and-repeat was invented for the sole purpose of being seen — it pushes you toward the gaze.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2023

The two gamely posed as a pair on the evening’s step-and-repeat, just as Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his wife, as well as Jake Tapper of CNN and his wife, did.

From New York Times • May 1, 2022

There’s no step-and-repeat and no roving party photographers.

From Washington Post • Jun. 29, 2020

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