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 • Feb. 7, 2026

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 • Mar. 3, 2025

The two gamely posed as a pair on the evening’s step-and-repeat, just as Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his wife, as well as Jake Tapper of CNN and his wife, did.

From New York Times • May 1, 2022

There’s no step-and-repeat and no roving party photographers.

From Washington Post • Jun. 29, 2020

An actress nominee at the 92nd Academy Awards for her role as former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly in “Bombshell,” Charlize Theron has been one to watch on the step-and-repeat this awards season.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2020

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