advance copy
noun[C]
ukusacopyof abook,report,speech, etc. that someonereceivesbefore it ispublishedofficiallyor before it is madeavailabletomembersof thepublic:
Anadvancecopyofthereportwasprovidedto The New York Times.
Examplesofadvance copy
advance copy
As he was playing an early pre-productionadvancecopy, he found a number of little bugs in the program.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When the news broke earlier this year that the book was being published, his lawyers asked to see anadvancecopyof the manuscript.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He claimed he did this so that he could track down whoever sold the digitally-markedadvancecopyof the album and try to prevent it from happening again.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.I have received anadvancecopyof a new book about the case.
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Hansard archive
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This was agreed to and theadvancecopywas sent to the printers so that they could start setting up the type at once.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Perhaps such an individual should have the chance to pressure the judge, get anadvancecopyof the case against him and have it rewritten.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I have now received anadvancecopyof the text.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I have with me anadvancecopyof the statistics for 1958 which deal with the matter.
From the
Hansard archive
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I myself saw theadvancecopyof it three weeks ago, and now it has gone into distribution.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I have here anadvancecopyof the booklet which we hope to issue—it is not quite complete yet.
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Hansard archive
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- tomatoes
- tomato grower
- tomato ketchup
- tomato-ketchup
- tomato paste
- tomato plant
- tomato sauce
- tomato soup
- tomb
- tombola
- tombolo
- tomboy
- tomb robber
- tombstone
- tombstone ad
- tombstone-ad
- tombstone advertisement
- tombstone-advertisement
- tombstoning
- tomcat
- Tom, Dick, and Harry
- tom-dick-and-harry
- tome
- tomentum
- tomfoolery