pre·print
ˈprē-ˌprint 
ˌprē-ˈprint
1
: an issue of a technical paper often in preliminary form before its publication in a journal
2
: something (such as an advertisement) printed before the rest of the publication in which it is to appear
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Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2025
The rebuttal has been posted to the preprint server EarthArXiv.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
Julie Washington, cleveland, 18 Jan. 2022
Scientists are good at creating new ways of sharing information, from the World Wide Web to preprint servers like arXiv.
—Iulia Georgescu, Wired, 28 Sep. 2021
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Noun
Other academic analyses, most released as preprint studies that have not yet been peer-reviewed, have reported similarly impressive results.
—Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2025
The rebuttal has been posted to the preprint server EarthArXiv.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
The study was released to preprint recently and has not been peer reviewed.
—Julie Washington, cleveland, 18 Jan. 2022
Scientists are good at creating new ways of sharing information, from the World Wide Web to preprint servers like arXiv.
—Iulia Georgescu, Wired, 28 Sep. 2021
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“Preprint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preprint. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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