close for press

verb

Definitions

  1. To finalise the editing of a publication, such as a magazine or newspaper, so it is ready…

    To finalise the editing of a publication, such as a magazine or newspaper, so it is ready for printing.

    • Owing to the time lag which must occur between the dates of closing for press and publication, it sometimes happens that items of news are out of date, or inaccurate, by the time they reach readers.
    • As RAIL closed for press on March 15, there was no word on the progress of any talks between the RMT and RMG.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for close for press. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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