Xerox

[ zeer-oks ]

/ ˈzɪər ɒks /

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Trademark.

a brand name for a copying machine for reproducing printed, written, or pictorial matter by xerography.

noun

(sometimes lowercase) a copy made on a xerographic copying machine.

verb (used with or without object)

(sometimes lowercase) to print or reproduce by xerography.

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Words nearby Xerox

xerosere, xerosis, xerostomia, xerothermic, xerotic, Xerox, xerus, Xerxes I, x-height, Xhosa, xi

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Example sentences from the Web for Xerox

Click the large image above for the complete replay of the one-hour event, which was sponsored by Xerox and moderated by Quartz executive editor Heather Landy.
Watch: Quartz’s workshop on how to collaborate remotely|Heather Landy|July 23, 2020|Quartz
By 1961, when the company changed its name from Haloid to Xerox, 10,000 had been installed.
Pioneers in Printing|The Daily Beast|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As with Xerox copier, 3-D printers have become smaller, cheaper, and more functional over time.
Pioneers in Printing|The Daily Beast|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
From the Xerox machine to 3-D printers, businesses that let people produce stuff can print money.
Pioneers in Printing|The Daily Beast|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST

As was the case with the Xerox 914, the first machines Hull built to “print” plastic objects were bulky, huge, and expensive.
Pioneers in Printing|The Daily Beast|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She was a born writer, publishing her own magazine—actually cobbled-together Xerox pages—even before her teen years.
Joanna Coles: Why Cosmopolitan Does Sexy and Serious So Well|Lloyd Grove|August 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We have prepared photostatic copies on a Xerox machine of each of those letters, and each envelope relating to that letter.
Warren Commission (1 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Yes; I have a copy which is one of the Xerox copies of the report which I wrote.
Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
The particular document I show you is a Xerox reproduction of the original exhibit.
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
These are the Xerox copies of those cards, of those palmprint cards, that I believe you had, sir.
Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Let's go back to our office and let me get the girl to Xerox off another copy of this.
Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

British Dictionary definitions for Xerox

Xerox

/ (ˈzɪərɒks) /

noun

trademark

a xerographic copying process
a machine employing this process
a copy produced by this process

verb

to produce a copy of (a document, illustration, etc) by this process

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