type-out
Americannoun
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the act of typing or printing a text.
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the matter so typed or printed, especially by a printer linked to a computer; printout.
Etymology
Origin of type-out
Noun use of the verb phrase type out
Example Sentences
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Organizers have scheduled a “Type-Out” on Nov. 12 for curious fans who want to experiment with vintage typewriters in public.
From Seattle Times
“We will take in fifty children at a time, and do a type-out”—this makes Uncle Robert groan—“and it will take approximately twenty minutes, per fifty kids.”
From Literature
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“I have a creative team list, here,” the casting woman says, really shouting, actually, “of the adults in the room today. But when your children go in for the type-out, they will be introduced in person.”
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I’ll probably get looked up and down and laughed at by “the team” and released right after the type-out, unfit to audition for E.T.
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