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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a printing error" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a mistake that occurred during the printing process, often in documents, books, or other printed materials.
Example: "The report was delayed due to a printing error that caused several pages to be missing."
Alternatives: "a typographical mistake" or "a printing mistake".
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Officials said a printing error had omitted information from the most recent report.
Board of Elections officials blamed a printing error and said it would not be repeated.
… Perhaps it was a printing error, but it certainly lowered the tone!! End of aggrieved whining!
The problem with the answer sheets appeared to be a printing error by the test publisher, Harcourt Assessment Inc.
Due to a printing error, eight of the 10 questions that followed a nutrition passage dealt with black holes.
Because of a printing error, the puzzle answers on Dec. 18 omitted the last seven words of the quotation from the Dec. 11 acrostic.
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I also have a new $1 bill that has a blank back.--L.S. A: Printing errors usually have premium value.
The errors included a printing mistake in a maths paper, set by the AQA exam board, which included questions originally answered by pupils taking the same exam in March.
Mowery also noticed a strange printing error that horizontally bisected two words — dal mio — and caused the top half of the letters to sit awkwardly on the bottom half, like shifted tectonic plates.
The redesigned hundred-dollar bill was meant to be released in early 2011, but has been delayed for the past two years because of a massive printing error, separate from the recent mashing problem, in which some notes were left with a blank spot.
"It's a simple printing error.
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