public relations
(used with a plural verb) the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc.
(used with a singular verb) the art, technique, or profession of promoting such goodwill.
Origin of public relations
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How to use public relations in a sentence
A former sportswriter who covered the Washington NFL team for the now-defunct Washington Star and the Washington Times, Hurney spent a year in the team’s public relations department before following general manager Bobby Beathard to San Diego.
Washington is working on a deal to hire Marty Hurney as team’s new GM | Nicki Jhabvala | January 19, 2021 | Washington PostA public relations staffer asked Young if he wanted to speak to the media.
Chase Young’s upbringing made him a ‘crazy unusual’ leader, and Washington is already following | Sam Fortier | January 1, 2021 | Washington PostAs Stimson began logging in another coastal watershed, which supplies drinking water to the nearby town of Oceanside, the company tried to mitigate the public relations damage from a citizen group that Webster formed.
Timber Tax Cuts Cost Oregon Towns Billions. Then Polluted Water Drove Up the Price. | by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and Rob Davis, The Oregonian/OregonLive | January 1, 2021 | ProPublicaBoston Dynamics’ primary output from a public relations perspective was viral videos of impressive but imposing quadrupedal robots built with the aid of defense department contracts.
Jim Olson is a public relations professor of practice at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications and a former corporate communications executive at United Airlines, Starbucks, and US Airways.
It sounds like from the PR [public relations] perspective they are sticking to their guns.
FBI Won’t Stop Blaming North Korea for Sony Hack -- Despite New Evidence | Shane Harris | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut all these groups are reaching a point where vengeance takes priority over politics or, much less, public relations.
Pakistani School Killers Want to Strike the U.S. | Sami Yousafzai, Christopher Dickey | December 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis might be why Cosby is keeping mum on the accusations, despite the obvious public relations disaster.
No Wonder Cosby's Keeping Quiet: He Could Still Be Prosecuted | Jay Michaelson | November 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen people accused of something make smart legal decisions, they are often also making very unwise public relations decisions.
Bowie was born David Jones to a waitress mother and public relations father in Brixton, England, in 1947.
"I suppose public relations are important—" Hausman began to say, and Garces nodded quickly.
The Stars, My Brothers | Edmond HamiltonIs there such a thing as morality carried into public relations?
It amounts to a public-relations job, a production, with me merely censoring aspects that might be bad for Dabney's psyche.
Operation: Outer Space | William Fitzgerald Jenkins"Nothing's impossible to public relations if you spend enough money," Cochrane assured him.
Operation: Outer Space | William Fitzgerald JenkinsBut of course, if a man wanted only to be famous, it might be handled as a straight public-relations job.
Operation: Outer Space | William Fitzgerald Jenkins
British Dictionary definitions for public relations
the practice of creating, promoting, or maintaining goodwill and a favourable image among the public towards an institution, public body, etc
the methods and techniques employed
(as modifier): the public relations industry
the condition of the relationship between an organization and the public
the professional staff employed to create, promote, or maintain a favourable relationship between an organization and the public
- Abbreviation: PR
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