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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of overprint.

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Examples

  • With a million copy print run, a 10% variance in sales between volumes can mean 100,000 copies overprinted, which is vastly more than most authors even get printed at all in HC.

    Greasing the Wheel of Time for all it's worth Adam Whitehead 2009

  • TEACHING TAPE: A standard reading tape "overprinted" with electronic impulses which can be played directly into a human brain to provide instant memorization of facts.

    Concordance A Terran Empire concordance Ann Wilson

  • The channels have since been partly "overprinted" by strong easterly winds [during the geologically recent arid Saharan climate].

    SpaceRef Top Stories 2009

  • With a mature, declarative style, Allingham created an overwhelming sense of menace: "The sky was yellow as a duster and the rest was a granular black, overprinted in grey and lightened by occasional shivers of bright fish colour as a policeman turned in his wet cape."

    A Queen of Mystery Sarah Weinman 2011

  • He had agreed to carry mail back to Europe; and to commemorate the event, stamps used to frank the post were specially overprinted with De Pinedo's name.

    Still in Love With Stamps Margaret Studer 2011

  • Were all candy bars back then wrapped in overprinted waxed paper?

    1930s Magazine Ads (LINK FIXED) – The Bleat. 2010

  • Wolfgang was Bill Graham , a music entrepreneur who commissioned works of art to promote his shows and he overprinted and preserved the exceptional art, photography and recordings that came from these shows.

    Wolfgang's Vault: Streamed music With a Difference Martyn Daniels 2009

  • I really did think from my stamp-collecting days, many years ago, that some British stamps issued for use in British post offices in Morocco, were overprinted “Tangiers”.

    More on French names | Linguism 2008

  • It appears as though Marvel overprinted Amazing Spider-Man #546 by a considerable amount and planned on using this issue for promotional ...

    March | 2008 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008

  • It appears as though Marvel overprinted Amazing Spider-Man #546 by a considerable amount and planned on using this issue for promotional purposes, for instance, as an incentive for retailers ordering more copies of the other parts of Brand New Day.

    What Constitutes a “Sell-Out”? | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008

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