typographical
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of typographical
1770–80; < New Latin typographicus, equivalent to Medieval Latin typograph(ia) typography + -icus -ic + -al 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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A section of the website highlights the International Typographical Union, which helped its members in the workplace.
From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2022
“Wilkins’s choice of the ¡ seems most appropriate,” Keith Houston writes in his book “Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks.”
From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2020
At his first law firm, Sheehan & Harold, he represented locals of the International Typographical Union, the Printing Pressman and the Atomic Energy Workers.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2020
Flader rose to prominence in 1901 when he was elected president of the International Photo-Engravers Union of North America, which had just broken away from the then-powerful International Typographical Union.
From Salon • Jun. 29, 2012
Typographical problems have been changed, and these are highlighted.
From Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America by Hyrst, H. W. G.
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