step-and-repeat

American

[step-uhn-ri-peet] / ˈstɛp ən rɪˈpit /

adjective

Printing.

noting or pertaining to a process by which successive photo-offset plates are produced automatically or semiautomatically with great precision: used especially in making plates for multicolor printing.

Example Sentences

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Most people don’t walk onto a step-and-repeat right after recovery.

From The Wall Street Journal

Reiner spent the fall promoting the film on late night shows and on stage, with his family posing for photos in front of the step-and-repeat at the L.A. premiere.

From The Wall Street Journal

A sharply dressed queue of people lined up for red-carpet photos in front of a step-and-repeat banner emblazoned with logos of corporate sponsors.

From Slate

My three red flags for profile photos were: no photos on a step-and-repeat; no photos with a celebrity; and no photos cheers-ing with a drink.

From Los Angeles Times

They eyed a compound with nine pop-up tents, a DJ booth, multiple television screens, a step-and-repeat, a ping-pong table, and a 7-foot-tall inflatable alligator.

From Slate

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