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How to use printout in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun

Printout means something printed on paper, usually a copy generated by a printer (machine). Example: “Well, we're out of copy paper, so I guess there'll be no printing any printouts today!”

Examples of printout by meaning

nounSomething printed on paper, usually a copy generated by a printer (machine).

  • During the meeting, Trump brandished printouts of what he said were reports about White South Africans being killed.2025 May 21, Daniel Dale, “Fact check: Trump’s false suggestion of a ‘genocide’ against White farmers in South Africa”, in CNN

More sentences with printout

  • Well, we're out of copy paper, so I guess there'll be no printing any printouts today!From the entry out of
  • We laminated the printouts so we could use them as signage.From the entry laminate
  • To the beginning computerist, the printout of memory errors won't mean much.1981, Eastern House Software, The Monkey Wrench II User's Guide. From the entry computerist
  • A printout of individuals too far from block's center enabled me to eliminate obvious misplots.1979, Richard Wolniewicz, Northeast Minneapolis, page 31. From the entry misplot
  • Lorne was sufficiently impressed with my harvest of springbeauties, although Clara read through my printout a few times to make sure they were safe.2014, Robin Reardon, The Revelations of Jude Connor, page 149. From the entry springbeauty
  • The computer printouts were also signed by the densitometrist, indicating to the referring physician that the printouts had been reviewed by a physician.2009, Sydney Lou Bonnick, Bone Densitometry in Clinical Practice. From the entry densitometrist
  • It was marked by Kasparov’s increasing anger and frustration at the behaviour of IBM, which stonewalled against his requests for printouts of the machine’s logs of completed games.2017 June 4, John Naughton, “Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins by Garry Kasparov – review”, in…. From the entry stonewall
  • When I got to the white-board at five-thirty, ET was there with several computer printouts he had generated concerning random sightings of UFO's over the previous seventy years.2015, Karl Hemeyer, Saturn’s Sisters: A Bedtime Story, Lulu, →ISBN. From the entry trekky
  • Never been caught spanking it, but I did forget to put away a printout of some lesbian 3-way action once and my mom found it in the bathroom.2015 April 1, u/SpehlingAirer, “How many times have you been caught spanking the monkey?”, in Reddit, r/AskReddit, archived from the…. From the entry spank it

Meaning of printout

  1. noun Something printed on paper, usually a copy generated by a printer (machine).

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Questions about printout in a sentence

How do you use printout in a sentence?
Printout is used as a noun. For example: “Well, we're out of copy paper, so I guess there'll be no printing any printouts today!”
What is a short sentence with printout?
“We laminated the printouts so we could use them as signage.”
What does printout mean?
Printout means something printed on paper, usually a copy generated by a printer (machine).

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