publication date
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of publication date
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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While Number 10 has refused to confirm the publication date, a government spokesperson said the latest batch "will be among the largest publications ever laid in Parliament".
From BBC • May 31, 2026
Yet The Nation’s Elie Mystal noticed something unusual about the publication date of Alito’s forthcoming doorstopper “So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and the Country.”
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026
September job numbers haven’t been released and October will likely be delayed as well, even if the shutdown ends before the scheduled Nov. 7 publication date.
From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025
The result is what amounts to a defense brief for Bankman-Fried for his fraud trial in New York federal court, which opens Tuesday — coinciding, as it happens, with the publication date of Lewis’ book.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2023
Mrs. Sharpe and the children wondered if there was any connection with the 1931 publication date of Lo!
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
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