"ink isn't dry on" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} ink isn't dry on
  1. (referring to a document) Used to indicate that (a document) was just issued.
    Sense id: en-ink_isn't_dry_on-en-phrase-MPZwmDRL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "2002, Dana Stabenow, A Fine and Bitter Snow, pages 9–10",
          "text": "I'll fight against any kind of development in Iqaluk, Billy, barring the logging leases we've already signed, but if you decide you want to go after subsurface mineral development and you get your way, it's better for all of us to deal with Dan, someone who knows us and knows our ways, than some yahoo with a deploma so new, the ink isn't dry on it yet.",
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