Definitions
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- noun the act of issuing; putting out.
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- verb Present participle of
issue .
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- noun the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
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Examples
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You have to hope that he doesn't want to spend the rest of his term issuing apologies to Mitch McConnell and John Boehner.
chron.com Chronicle 2010
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"Pipes in the middle of the day's regular revelry," ejaculated Anthony, whose way of holding the curved pipe-stem displayed a mind bent on reckless enjoyment, and said as much as a label issuing from his mouth, like a figure in a comic woodcut of the old style: -- "that's," he pursued,
Rhoda Fleming — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868
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"Pipes in the middle of the day's regular revelry," ejaculated Anthony, whose way of holding the curved pipe-stem displayed a mind bent on reckless enjoyment, and said as much as a label issuing from his mouth, like a figure in a comic woodcut of the old style: -- "that's," he pursued,
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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A witty wigmaker adopted the sign of Absolom hanging to a tree, with King David lamenting at a distance, who was represented with a label issuing from his mouth, containing these words --
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Collections I found it in a very old drawing, that he has published, in which St. Patrick is represented visiting hell, and putting the devils into great confusion by his presence, of whom one that is driving the damned before him with a prong, has a label issuing out of his mouth with these words, OUT OUT ARONGT, of which the last is evidently the same with _aroint_, and used in the same sense as in this passage.
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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And I would advise any insurance company to be very prudent in issuing policies to any declining diocese of failing denominations.
A shake-up is coming to the Diocese of Montreal « Anglican Samizdat 2010
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He should secure the shutter, he knows, but it comforts him to have some sound of activity issuing from the house.
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Not to be outdone, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced last year that the State Department would begin issuing its own Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review.
A sneak peek at Hillary Clinton's new global strategy Carlos Lozada 2010
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Tom Spink and Louis were on top the chart-house with me and preparing to lower the flour, when we heard a voice issuing from the shaft.
CHAPTER XLIX 2010
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"In which case, I shall begin issuing my commands."
Chapter 26 2010
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